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PASSES BANKING BILL
SENATE KILLS AMENDMENT
MONDAY, DECEMBER 16
FIRST LAW PASSED
■ Measure Has Approval of Governor Bill Providing for Transfer of Cases Thn legislature will now begin to ' Initial Act of Legislature Calls for
and Will Become Law at Once to Proper County Courts take decisive action on a number oi
BRIEF REVIEW OF THE WORK OF ! th n \\ m?By aft1ern®®n pM.8®? A short session of the senate Sat-i l,m ^at have been brought up be-
- . OF ™E WORK OF | the Roddie Wi Hams banking bill. urday afternoon kllled a Ininor fore both houses and before the ad-
whlch has lecelved the approval of amendment to the Franklln-Brook ] Journment for the holiday vacation a,
Governor Haskell and me State Rank- j i>i]] which' provides for the transfer l'reat majority of those now irtro- Haskell placed his signature to the
ers'association. A few minor changes j ()f docketed cases from United States duced will be made laws—a number first bill passed by the first legisla-
OKLAHOMA'S LAW MAKERS
the Congressional Apportionment
Tuesday, December 17
At 4:12 p. m. Tuesday Governor
THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS ARE AT
WORK ON HEAVY GRIND
Both Houses Fully Organized and
Start at Work With Determination
to Do Something—Some of the
Measures Introduced and Passed
The appointment of a committee of
the house to make an investigation of
conditions at Norman and Fort Sup-
ply with a view to enacting the proper
kind of legislation foi7 the state it-
sane asylum, the report of the banking
committee, and the. declarations of Mr. .
Murray with reference to cutting | . P Kranted right of eminent domain or
down expenses constituted the bulk 0 ,nso , ' highways of the
f,t*te unless it first file with fne sec-
retary of state an agreement to trans
port its product only to points withlt
the state. A violation of this agree
were made. This bill was drawn in j courts on the Indian Territory side of way be declared emergency
accordance with the recommendation to the proper county and district i niea.-,tires and will become operative
of the governor in his first message, courts of the state. The bill was con- • wha i ihe governor has pliccl his
It will doubtless pass the senate and j side red by committee of the whole j signature thereto Now that commlt-
be signed by the governor before th** , during about an hour and came be- j'ees have been named by both houses
holidays. Being an emergency meas fore the body from the Judiciary com- systematic work may be expected and
ures, it will become effective Immedi j mittee. It goes to third reading next I1'1** grind of the law-making machln-
ately upon receiving the governor's week and doubtless will pass. jpry will be run full time.
signature. Senators Agee, Thomas and George F,'om the very start the legislature
Pipe Line Regulations 0 'ohnBon were named by President showed that they were determined to
Without debate the house passed Bellamy as members of a joint com- M° something and began work on the
the Vandeventer measure regulatin*' m,,tee that Is to visit the Insane asy- most Important questions—knowing i
operations of pipe line companies 1,11,1 at Norman and the proposed site I what they want they will proceed to
within the tate. No Individual or cor Supply. Th.. house members j do It
noratlon according to thU urn ii ' of ,h,s committee are Murdock. Rid- . The senate passed the Roddie-Wll-
j • according to tnis act. shall , (]u> aQ(j gandH | ,jam}. bankinR bn, RnaranteeUig bank
of business of the house
Three Important bills were consid-
ered In t'.ie committee of the whole Of
these the most important and the
one which took up a big portion of the
afternoon was that of Representative
Murdock and related to the Improve-
ment. equlpmeut. furnishing and main-
tenance of the Oklahoma hospital for
insane There was much discussion
as to the passage of the bill as recom-
mended by the committee. A majority
of the members opposed a big appro-
priation without a thorough Investiga-
tion.
Expenses of Supreme Court Em
ployes
to congress asking the removal of the
2:Vyear lease clause on full blood In-
nnrt ito i . . . ... . dian lands. It was referred to a com-
port Its pioduct only to points within mutep
An attack made by Roddie on the
i °r I f ' P_ng ',s Products to Arkansas law, during a discussion of
points outside of the state, shall of the Franklin-Hrook bill, aroused op
Itself and without further action on position from some of the members
the part of the state act as a forfeiture and the presumption of what con
ot every right granted. Foreign cor structlon a court would place upon
poratioiis are forbidden to engage'ln the law gave rise to a lengthy discus
transporting natural gas in the state slon. Roddie opened the discussion
Damages to property owners adjacent hy asserting that 5,000 Indians of
to "highways used are provided for, j the Indian Territory would be robbed
Senator Russell offered a memorial j deposits and the Vandeventer house
bill providing for investing and loan-
ing of money drawn from the $r 0,000,-
000 school fund as provided by the
constitution. One amendment, pro-
viding that surety company bonds be
accepted by banks as security for
and pipe lines must be laid under di
lection of the mine inspector.
Special Messages From Governor
Special messages, fi, ti and 7. from
House bill No. 96. Introduced by | Kuvcrnoir were received. He called | have been practicing
A clause of section 4 of the bill is
as follows: "The said county judge
lout of a third of their rightful ex
emptlons under this bill, for the rea-
son that Indian Territory judges
I would construe the law In the light
of the Arkansas law under which they
Mr. Bryan and which concerns an ap attention to the fact that the pro
proprlatlon for the payment of the | hibitlon law Is being violated and that
salary of the justices of the supreme in Hofn localities officials are falling j Is authorized to receipt said judg
court and for contingent expense.-- of j ,0 attempt its enforcement- He con merits and mark them satisfied in full,
the higher also occupied a great deal I Wa tula ted Oklahoma on the saving of j and until said judgments be marked
of time. Various amendments were of ; I' Ooo,000 in money and many times satisfied, the same shall be a lien
fered to cut down the extent of the I nu),'<> thai in morals by the upon all the property, both personal
proposed appropriations. Finally it , rrPUted loss of that amount by a Ii und real, of the judgment debtor not
was recommended that a committee ot ' qilor f,nn in st- 1-ouis. He Inslste 1 exempt under the law." An amend
three be appointed to Investigate and I al ,,lp ,eB'slature should not defer j "lent was offered so that the section
tin1 enactment of laws enforcing the ! would read "not exempt under the
prohibition ordinance
temporary loans, was adopted.
The senate passed senate bill No.
78 authorizing Indian Territory courts
ture of the state of Oklahoma. It wan
that providing for the transfer of
$">00,000 of the state s school fund now
In the hands of the United States
treasurer. State Treasurer Menefee
left for St. Louis to secure the money
from the United States sub-treasury.
In case of his failure to get it t'here
he will go to Washington. In any
event, Oklahoma will have the money
within a wee*k.
The depositors' guaranty fund pro-
vided by the Roddie-Williams bank-
ing bill will become a reality in 60
days from this date, the bill having
become a law by signature of Gov-
ernor Haskell.
Hy the terms of this law one per
cent of the average daily deposits of
banks constitute the guaranty fund.
This must be kept up after having
been depleted by a bank failure
through a special assessment. Banks
authorized subsequent to the passage
of this act must pay three per cent
of their capital stock into the guaranty
., . . . . i i fund National banks may avail
:idrr themselves of ,be protection offered
by an application to the banking
make a detailed report of the money
needed for expenses of the supreme
court employes. Speaker Murray
named as this committee, Representa-
tives Bryan, Ellis and Ashby.
House to Investigate Asylum
After changing and re-changing the
matter of various items in the appro-
priation part of the bill and it was
found that no solution could be
reached, a motion for appointment of
a committee of three to investigate
the needs of th proposed new asylum,
the expenses and the appropriations
necessary, carried. The duties of the
committee will simply be "to Investi-
gate" as Speaker Murray explained,
it is probable that t'ney will go to
Norman first, find out exactly the
number of Inmates, what officials re-
onstitution and the law."
lie Insisted also iu both houses <-f j Senators Franklin, Brook and C.ra-
th< legislature passing a law bringing ',ani n'«de speeches In defense of the
to Oklahoma a portion of the iunrl ' hill and declared that the words "the
held by the government In order that j ''(institution" were unnecessary, for
it may be employed to relieve the reason that the constitution might
financial situation. If the bill passr-s changed and that the word law
he was assured by Senator Owen, covered the full Intention of the case.
the first installment of $: 00.000 will [The vote resulted In 21 for and 20
be sent at once He recommended K"' st the intendment, but upon the Murray explained that he did
Immediate legislation for the relief senate reconvening in the afternoon i iT .. . „_ ! I™.7
bill .No. 10, appropriating $100,000 for
mileage and per diem expenses for
the first legislature; senate substitute
bill No. 11, authorizing the transfer
of cases in the United States or com-
missioners courts to the state courts.
Senate coneurent resolutions were
passed authorizing the governor to is-
sue pardons in misdemeanor cases in
Indian Territory, favoring the election
of United States senators by direct
vote and memorallzlng congress to re-
move restrictions on school land.
A Joint memorial to congress asking
for the removal of Indian restrictions
in accordance with the plan outlined
in the bill prepared by United States
Senator Owen and the special commit-
tee report on the herd law brought
forth animated and prolonged discus-
sions in the senate and house respect-
ively, with the result that the mem-
orial was adopted by the senate and
the herd law bill prepared for final
passage by the house.
Speaker Murray's announcement of
his committees constituted the lead
ing transaction of the house. One
committee was not named, thai pf
public buildings, for the reason, as
of counties of the state that have
funds through bond Issue, and rec-
ommended also that, taxes In counties
on the Oklahoma side be remitted tin
til those on the other side are as-
sessed and payable. He thought the
legislature should not adjourn for the
the bill was recosldered
amendment voted down
and
; not propose to have a recurrence
Ithe county boundary fight that caused
so much lobbying and discussion in
JIM CROW CARS | the constitutional convention. He
j preferred to take more time for con-
Railroads Are Preparing for Separate slderation before naming this commit-
Accommodation of Races tfM>
OKLAHOMA CITY: Railroads of1 An acceptance from W. J. Bryan to
law which would give the entire citt
celve, and then go to the Fort Supply I ""^lp * Christmas present of the
w, much needed blessing of financial re-
and ascertain what is needed there in
the way of buildings. Speaker Mur-
ray named Representative Murdock as
chairman of this committee, and Dr.
hntMnvo i,ufnr„ it aDDa,i v,unbu„ uim^huma i 111: iiaiiroaas oi n" "«" " • •' • Most of Tuesday afternoon was
's pnHro Oklahoma are planning arrangements address the legislature next Satur- taken up in the senate on the bill
pn i* fi for the separate accommodation of day was read and received with a providing for prohibition enforcement.
whit s and negroes on passenger j ftorm of applause. Governor Haskell in a special message
trains and depots In all parts of tin* i The jiin crow measure is to be made asked for the passage of this bill be-
state in compliance with the Jim a special order in the house and it, tore the holiday recess
For Board of Health Crow law recently passed by the state | together with the school land money | \ memorial from the Anti-Horse
Mr. Stagner presented a memorial legislature which becomes operative | transfer bill, doubtless will receive I Thief association was read in the
lief.
board subject to approval of the comp-
troller of the currency. When a bank
falls the bank commissioner takes
charge with a lien 011 the brnk's re-
sources and out of the depositors' fund
pay depositors In full. Examinations
are to be made at least semi-annually.
The commissioner's salary is $2,500 a
year and that of his assistants $1,500
each. Officers of banks are forbidden
to borrow from their banks. In towns
of less than 2,500 population banks
must keep on hand 20 per cen? of their
deposits and in towns of over 2,500 25
per cent, provided that two-thirds of
this may be deposited In approved
corresponding banks and one-third in
actual cash. Savings banks must keep
on hand an equal amount invested in
good bonds.
The appropriation pleasure offered
to pay per diem. mileag<> and contin-
gent expenses of the legislature has
passed both houses and after being
engrassf d will be ready for the gov-
ernor's signature.
The house adopted the concurrent
resolution adopted by the senate pro-
viding that the governor be author-
ized to pardon persons in Indian Ter-
ritory jails charged with petty crimes
and misdemeanors. This is intended
to save the state an enormous ex
pense of trials of cases wherein jail
sentences have been of a duration
practically equal to any penalties that
legally could be imposed
A. J. Sands and I)r. Riddle to compose fr0,n representatives of several state February :t. " I the signature of Governor Haskell at
the rest of the investigating board ; medical associations In session In Ok- j The Santa Pe. the Missouri. Kan [once.
An amendmeut asking tha* t'nree la,10lm' t'"y' requiring the enactment sas & Texas, the Frisco, and Hock A substitute prohibition enforce-
members of the senate be Invited to ?f ',aw Providing for a «tate board of Island lines will import Jim Crow I meni bill lias been prepared by the
health and a board of examiners. 1m- cars from their Texas divisions for committee having in charge the Bill-
partlally between medical schools be- the immediate accommodation of the ups bill, and it will come up for dic-
ing urged. traveling public in the trains until cusslon in the senate later.
Mr. Tillotson. chairman of a com other cars may be built at the car j The banking bill, which passed the
mittee appointed to investigate the shops and distributed to the Okla- house last week, was reported favor
constitutionality of a herd law bill lioma lines. The Texas cars will then ' ably in the senate and has right of
recently presented, reported for his be returned to their original di I way for passage.
committee that the bill was found un visions. i A clash of arms brt** en opposite
join these three from the house was
also passed.
Owen Telle of His New Bill
Senator Robert L. Owen in a speech
before the state senate outlined the
leading features of a bill which he
will introduce in the United Stateg
senate for t'ne removal of restrictions
from the sale of Indian lands In Okla- j
homa.
It removes t'ne restrictions upon all' postage stamps,
surplus lands except of fullbloods, and Saods made th,
constitutional.
A resolution by Hart was read al
lowing each representative $10 for
A substitute by
amount $5. Refer
Separate accommodations will be 1 interests and divergent sections of the
; provided at the depots for the pres-j state resulted in the house when the
upon the homesteads of those of one- ence was made to committee on rules,
fourth or more of Indian blood. In Some time was devoted in commit
dians of one-fourth blood or over are tee of the whole to the Roddie Wil
classed as fullbloods. and these may liams banking bill and the Bryan bill
sell their lands upon approval of ail providing salaries and expenses for
agreement of the secretary of the in- the supreme court. One objection to
terlor, one such agent to be In each 'he former was based upon
county. In ca*es of extreme necessity legedly evasive clause in th
ent. in many instances, bv designat
ing the general waiting rooms to
whites'' and "blacks." In other eases
where but one waiting room is pro-
vided partitions will be erected.
Cameron Says It's All False
GUTHRIE: Replvlng to an article
contained in certain papers stating „f Hughes to the
In effeCT that there hail been a dis |,,ad in t'h,. d|scll
herd law measure came up for consid
house praying that a penalty of from
five to ten years in the penitentiary
be given to persons convicted of this
crime. The petition also asks that,
hog stealing and chicken thieving be
put on the category of grand larceny.
Citizens of Gage implored the en-
actment of an eight-hour day for rail-
road employes and train dispatchers.
Emergency Measures
Mr. Vandeventer reported for his
special committee on emergency
measures, recommending that bills as
follows be classed under that head and
have preference in consideration:
:tl pute between himself and the gov
bill, ernor with reference to government
the homesteads may be sold upon ap
proval of an agent of the interior de-
partment. Homesteads to the extent
of eighty acres are non-alienable and
non-taxable.
If the fullblood inherits non-alie:r
able land the consent of the county
court is necessary for its sale. Parents
may represent their children without
bond, and execute leases for their
land, subject to approval of the court.
No will of a fullblood is to be valid
if disinheriting wife or parents, unless
approved by the county judg*'
Senator Gore was present and spoke
briefly upon the conclusion of Sena-
tor Owen's avldres:-
U. S. Senators by Popular Vote
Important among the resolutions
presented in the senate was on. by
Franklin which aligns Oklahoma with
26 other states of the Union iu the
petition that congress provide for the
holding of an election to amend
constitution that United States sc
tors uiay be electea by direct vote
the people.
Many Bills Presented
vhich in effect prohibits officers of schools on the Indian Terito
banks from borrowing money from
their own banks In the following lan-
guage: "It shall be unlawful for any
acting managing officer or member of
the discount board" to borrow money,
etc Over an amendment in the other
side.
said
State Superintendent Cameron
that the report is unqualifiedly fals.
"There has been 110 conflict what
ever between the governor and mv
self and no harsh words exchanged,
d Superintendent Cemeron. ".Won
ration by committee of the whole. Regulating the piping of gas. approprl-
Members engaged in farming and ations. relating to transfers in new
stock-raising took active part in the ; counties of the western side, tran.«-
discussion. The bill was on second ' ferring court cases on the eastern
reading and may be passed later. side, creating the office of state print-
Mr. Skeen. who occupied the chair er, transferrine the $5,000,000 school
in the beginning, called Mr. Harrison ! fund from Washington, regulating
hair, and took a i banking and providing a depositors'
ion in behalf of guaranty fund, relating to taxes, pro-
"open" counties. Dr. Sands of Beaver viding enforctment of the prohibition
county made an impassioned appeal, ; law, leasing public lands for mineral
saying that he opposed opening the and gas, and relating to the immediate
matter again. | reassessment of all property.
The Vandeventer hill that provides To Reimburse Indians
bill making the salary of the supreme than that, the gove
and I
•ather than $1.s00
vided a lengthy dis
Bills
the sale
eral pur
ritory b
and pert
viding
trains o
penaltle:
lea
thorizing
for oil. gas. and mln
lands in the Indian ter
court bailiff $1,20
as ordinarily pro
cussion arose.
Senate bill No. 1, the Jim crow
measure of the upper house, reached
the house and was subjected to some
severe criticism on account of its fail
ure to make explicit provision with
reference to the authority conferred
upon conductors as officers of the law
to enforce the provisions of this act
Reconvenes January 6
A message from the house announc-
ing the appointment of Representa-
tlveg Williams, and Durst and Wil-
with the senate on
together with a con
1 that when adjourn
cr 21 was made, that
should reconvene
ti, 190v. The latter
a Rived to.
imate relations and are agreed
th reference to this class of
joint
> no
londay. Janua
ras nnanimom
the expen-
OPPOSED TO HERD LAW
Cattlemen to Meet in Guthrie Soon to
Fight Legislation
GUTHRIE: Colonel William
Washington of Marietta, one of the
most extensive cattle dealers of the
state, accompanied bv G. W Young
of Berwvn, an intermarried citizen
and livestock dealer, arc here con-
ferring with Senators Little and Gr;i
ham with reference to the proposed
herd law.' These men opnose it and
will use all efforts at their command
to defeat It.
Within a few days a general mecf
Ine of livestock dealers of the state
will be held in Guthrie for the pur-
pose of discussing legislation that
will affect their interests. An Incen
this
for transferring $r.on.noo of the $.".-
000,000 fund now in Washington to
the state treasurer came back from
the senate, after having been passed
by that body with an interlineation
providing that the state treasurer shall
receive the money and receipt there-
for. The interlineation was accepted
by the house and the bill will receive
the signature o the governor.
The Graham-Skeen separate coach
and waiting room bill which the sen
ate had passed was returned to the
house.
Communications in the form of let-
ters, resolutions and memorials wer •
presented as follows: From th" Tulsa
commercial club, asking that the
banking bill be amended so as to ex-
tend guarantee to time deposit* so
as to encourage the depositing of
money In the Oklahoma banks by cit-
izens of other states; from Jackson
county, protesting against limitations
being placed upon the duties of coun-
ty attorneys with respect to the hand-
ling ««i' casos other than those itj which
the county is a party; from the hoard
of county commissioners
county, asking that the
An important resolution was pre-
sented by Mr. Branson. It Is a mem-
orial to congress asking that an ap-
propriation sufficient in its aggregate
to reimburse the enrolled citizens of
the Cherokee nation for the lands
taken in that nation from the com-
mon and segregated to freedmen. The
resolution states in effect that these
lands were taken in violation of a
treaty, that approximately ten thou-
sands freedmen were supplied, and
their allotments fire worth $1.".,000,000.
Insists on Prohibition Enforcement
Governor Haskell, in a special mes-
sage, urged the legislature to enact
some kind of law for the enforcement
of prohibition and insisted that the
time of adjournment for the holidays
be postponed a few days, if necessary,
to Insure a passage of a bill for this
purpose. He recommended the pass-
age of the substitute of the Biliups
bill, lie savs that violations of the
prohibitory law in certain localities in
tin eastern part of the state had been
reported to him and he desired to see
this remedied before the holidays, as
nadian I he feared disastrous result s unless the
lialf of I sale of liquors was restrained.
New Senators from Oklahoma Get on
Important Committees—Fulton's Bill
Proves to be of Great interest to the
Nation
WASHINGTON: The republican
senators held a caucus and accepted
fhe report from the committee on com-
mittees on the assignment of senators
•to committees. Many changes were
made in assignments to committees.
The r.ew senators from Oklahoma
v:ere given the following assignments:
Gore—Canadian relations, immigra-
tion. irrigation, mines and mining,
.Pacific railroads, pensions, privileges
and elections, transportation routes
to 1 he seaboard, expenditures in the
department or agriculture.
Owen—Civil service and retrench-
n ent, Indian affairs, Indian depreda-
; Hons, Mississippi river and its tribu-
taries, Pacific islands and Porto Rico
postcffice and post roads, public
land, territories.
Of the many bills introduced at this
session of congress none Is exciting
more comment or creating more inter-
| est than house resolution No. 6101,
introduced by Representative E. L.
Fulton of the Second district of Okla-
homa. /*i of the large metropolitan
dallies are commenting upon this bill,
and it has brought Mr. Fulton into the
public eye 111 such a way as he has
, reason to be proud.
Th is bill provides, In substance, that
at all general congressional elections
the voters may have printed on the
ballots, certain questions of national
Import ince, and hall have the right
to express their views thereon. Re-
quests for questions to be submitted
are to be made by petition addressed
to the president, and signed by the
chairman and secretaries of any na-
tional political organization, or may be
signed by one-half of erne per cent of
the legal voters of any ten statps. No
more than ten questions may be sub-
mitted at any one election and none
except those that relate to matters
under control of congress. If more
than ten questions are petitioned for,
. he president shall determine the ten
that shall go upon the ballots, and
not less than 60 days before the elec-
tion he shall certify the list to the
governors of the various states whose
duty it is lo have such questions prop-
erly submitted to the voters.
It is provided that all questions
must appear on the same ballot with
tthe list af csfndidates. and that the
questions shall be so worded that they
may be answered in the affirmative
or negative, as, for example:
Q. "Shall the inhabitants of the
Philippine islands be given their in-
dependence?" A. "Yes, or no,"
When interviewed In regard to the
bill, Mr Fulton said his purpose was
to provide a way by which a reason-
ably accurate expression of the voters
could be obtained upon the leading
political questions free from all party
influences.
Chickasaw Council to Meet
GUTHRIE: Submitting to no high-
er authority than their own standard
of tribal government probably two-
thirds of the representatives in the
Chickasaw legislature Will gather at
Tishomingo, the capital, in January
for the purpose of convening the leg-
islature and proceeding with business
the same as if Oklahoma was not a
state and the Chickasaw nation were
a distinct commonwealth. The pur-
pose of this meeting is a serious one
on the part of many of the repre-
sentatives and they expect in defi-
ance of the government to go thero
and proceed to enact laws to suit
themselves. W. A. Durant, represen-
tative in the state legislature from
Bryan county, is speaker of the Indian
house of representatives and W. H.
Murray, speaker of the Oklahoma
house, was once a member of the In-
dian legislature.
Muskogee suburbanites are com-
plaining of entertaining vendors w'no
raise chickens by night.
DENVER'S $100,000 ACCEPTED
I Democratic National Committee Se-
lect Place for the Convention
WASHINGTON: Denver won the
Democratic national convention and
July 7 was selected as the opening
date. Denver offered $100,000 for
the convention. On this sum democ-
racy split. Clayton, of Arkansas,
John Sharpe Williams and Hoke
Smith supported a resolution declin-
ing the acceptance of any part of the
$100,00 not used in entertaining the
convention.
"The same money was offered to
! the republican national committee,''
| declared Smith, "and turned down be-
cause they considered it a bribe."
"We couldn't have opened Parker
' headquarters last campaign if we hr.d
! not have had the money left over
from the entertainment of the con-
vention in St. Louis," declared Chair-
j man Taggart.
The money was accepted.
TO SELL GOVERNMENT LOTS
General Land Office Will Make Clear-
ance Sale in Oklahoma
WASHINGTON: Commissioner Bal
linger of the general land office has
announced another town lot sale in
Oklahoma. Severail towns there have
to be sold out by the government,
and Commissioner Ballluger proposes
to clean up. 151d for the town lots
will be opened here on February 4. A
person can bid for as many lots as he
pleases.
The towns and the number of lots
to be disposed of in each are given:
Blackburn, 6 tracts; Choctaw City 3
lots; Clayton, 46 lots; Cross, 44 lots;
Kdtnond, 6 lots; Frisco, 83 lots; West
Guthrie, 1 lot; Kingfisher, 'I lots;
Newkirk, 2 lots; Noble, 2 lots; North-
east Perry, 2 lots; Reno City, 43 lots;
Woodward. 1 lot.
BANK MAY BE REORGANI ED
Comptroller Ridgley May Become
President of Suspended Bank
WASHINGTON: As an outcome oi
all the different schemes suggested for
the reorganization or liquidation oi
the National Bank of Commerce,
Kansas City is liable to secure an en-
tirely new bank with sufficient capi-
tal to handle as much Southwestern
business as the Hank of Commerce
used to do.
This information comes fre>m a hipft
government official. It is further in-
timated that W. B. Ridgely, the pres-
et:: comptroller of the currency, may
resign his government position to be-
come president of the proposed new
Kansas City bank. That the Ridgely
matter has been discussed by several
western financiers was admitted, but
things ;ne in such a nebulous state
that nothing is certain yet as to the
consummation of the new deal.
TO LOCATE CAPITAL
Bill Presented in Lower House Pro-
vides for Four Elections
GUTHRIE: Representative Steph-
ens of Caddo county has introduced
a bill providing fe*r the permanent lo-
cation of the state capital. Any town
pre-sentlng a petition of five hundred
names can be a candidate. The first
election is to be held in 1908. If no
one town has a required majority the
five aspiring municipalities receiving
the highest number of votes shall be
voted on in 1910, in the event no ma-
jority is then given the three "high
men" will be taken and voted on
again in 1912. If there be a failure
011 that date the one town will be
dropped and a decision made by the
people between the remaining two in
1914.
Congressman Anthony of Kansas
ha.i put ais military road bill into the
house hopper. It provides for the con-
strue: ion of a military macadam road*
from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley,
a distance of 120 ml'es. The work is
to be done by convict labor. Farmers
along the proposed road have agreed
to furnish the stone. The bill places
the work under the direction of the
war de partment.
president signe
mittlng Oklahoma to the unloi
Restriction Removal
Senator Winn, as chairman
special committee, introduced
mortal to congress urging the r<
enator Johnon < f Ca
bills
railroads Bhall oper
chedule time prescrlb
r burglary; affecting iu
riage contracts: establishing
office of steam boiler inspector;
fining the principle of contribute
negligence; creatlg a state board
health; authorizing county conin
alonerg to return to saloon men
unearned portions of license fees;
tablishiug a bureau of geolog> i
providing compulsory education.
A bill by Senator Stafford provi
for the appointment of a univeri
board of regents to consist of
members, nine of whom are to be
pointed by the governor with the c
seut of the senate who are to ae
for four years
, tor a commission
A measure by Redwinc setllw, a L SMmtor Mo()r
boundary dispute between the towns potion of tax* ii
of Haileyville and Hartshorne and in divided befor. st
effect consolidates the two. ator Colliding ha
A board of health, consisting of senate making t
seven members, Is provided by a bill Septa
by Senator Franklin. The board is ('aN
to be appointed by the governor and u
is to serve for four years. Semi an- pellet
nual meetings for January and July a
are fixed and the board is authorized f'
of the courts
it the time ll
ent of
1 herd law-,
onsldered
Othe
1907 ta?
1. 190S; from
I club, memorial!
mit the land lit.
Holds for Commission Form
GUTHRIE: Attorney General W.
ilds that any city in Oklahoma
[>00 inhabitants or over may proce
made e
ing congres:
on which th
bii March j The house failed to class the appro
ommcn ial nriation bill for salaries and mileage
expenses as an emergency measure.
This bill provides for the appropriat-
ing of SiO0,000 for the purpose above
set forth.
■ 1 a 11 111
nors and
blood-v
'onstitution
s. without
station.
provide
Dvemment, if
iltlng for ad
or Oak la 1
r quired
I t iona 1
construct depot!
all incorporated
2*>0 population.
to per-
* town is
oai land, j
1 citizens
roads be j
and stop I
towns of
Prohibition Nu
ent
, be retained
post This 1
Eight nev
two by Senator
1 ing for a slate
other a compulf
A bill by Senat
Bu-g ars Secured $17 in Cash
HOMESTEAD Wrecking the ii
t rior of the building, burglars hi"
lie safi of J J. Neufeld, general me
hant, securing II" In cash, lenvii
bout $200 in certified checks :• r
The
ork evidentl
The Dinwiddle liquor bill was re-
ported favorable by the senate com-
mittee Monday afternoon and indica-
tions point to an early passage of the
measure. This bill provides for the
enforcement of the liquor law. pro-
vides all penalties and restrains the
of labor: anothe
concerns the col
'unties that were
lood came Scn-
hill before the
first Monday In
mber, Labor Day. a legal holl-
Senator Eggerman introduced a
urging that the railroads be corn-
ed to keep switch lights burning
night The last bill presented
consideration was that bv Sena-
to appoint county boards of thi
members each.
A geological survey and a state g<
logical commission are provided I
in the Sorrels bill. The commission
to consist of the governor, preside
of the state university and preside
of the board ot agriculture. A dirt •
1b to be appointed with headquarte
at the university and $10,000 annua
is to be appropriated for expenses
the department.
tor Gouldint
1 pliers in the
In the set
providing f
'state's gchoi
viding
let con
United
d the
t he
pass
amendment
I Both nouses ad
providing for a h
extending from D -
; ary 6.
. deventer hill
transfer of the
in the hands of
i treasurer was
with a minor
oted a resolution
was done with black powder. TI:
safe door was blown across the root:
Sheriff McEwen of Major count
and Deputy Sheriff Kelly of Blair
c mnty, tracked the robbers wit
bloodhounds to a questionable hoiu
near the outskirts of the city. N
arrests have been made
C E. Pe Woody of the department <
justice, who has been checking out til
federal officials anl turning the
records over to the new state and dii
trict officers, completed his work 1
Muskogee and left for Washington.
and prohibit
companies
one hundred
$10
of lit
< handlii
The bill which
sections also ore
have ;
local
1n
expr
When the house convened after th«
Sunday vacation Speaker Murray an
nounced those long looked-for com
| mittee^ There were flfty-on* o
i them and the reading required consid
hundred \
i'ed bv fire
cotton were
yard of the
a*iern lnsurum
| com pan i
erable
I lutiion
(with ,
time.
Geor
be T appointment
itehnrst "f Sayre,
I Story, a mem-
rporatlon conunis-
addre.-, the legis-
iJence The reso-
unanimouily and
OKLAHOMA CITY: A determined
fight e>n hamburger joints, chill
! stands, hot tamale venders and rpst-
1 aurants will at once be inaugurated
bv the citv health department under
rhe authority of the pure food law.
Falls From Engine to Death
MUSKOGEE: Falling from his en-
gine while the Missouri. Kansas &
Texa> outh bound flyer was crossing
the Arkansas river bridge. Dave
O'Connor, a fireman, struck the
bridg'work and was instantly killed,
and then fell forty feet Into the river
uelow III- body was recovered down
•ho tlvei He was landing on- the
gangway of the engine and either be
«sme dizzy or lost his balance. The
dead man has a wife and one child
,,t Parson*, Kan. His parents live at
1 Humboldt.
1 The board of regents of normal
' ',1 hix)ih ha< selected Walter L. Ross
.. piesident of the Alva normal and
1 I F Sharp president of the Weath-
i erford normal. Miss Carfie Burks
wa-- appointed head of the kindergar-
• en department at Edmond.
I The house adjourned until Mon-
I day. On that date Speaker Murray
will announce his committee-;
An acknowledgment from the na-
tional house of representatives, signed
by Speaker Cannon, of th ; greetings
of Oklahoma came in parch mailt form
before «ach house.
Congressmen are Cowards
Several congressmen were in Speaker
Cannon's room wondering how they
could dodge their vote on prohibition
for the District of Columbia, when it
comes up in the house this winter,
wbic.i it is sure to do. "No one on
earth is more cowardly than a con-
gressman. " said Speaker Cannon,
"unless it is two congressmen."
Clint Malcolm, a young farmer from
the Glenn Pool district. Is under ar-
rest at Tulsa on a charge of shooting
a Mrs. Hopkins in a boarding house in
Kiefer. The woman is not, seriously
hurt. Malcolm said that the shooting
was accidental, having fired in self-
defense at a man in the place, with
whom he had been In dispute.
ANNULS PAVING CONTRACT
Company Too Slow and Muskogee
Calls a Halt
MUSKOGEE: Declaring tliat the
Cleveland-Trinidad Paving company
has failed to comply with the provis-
ions of its contracts with Muskogee,
the city council has annulled its con-
tracts involving $1" 0.000 worth of pav-
ing. after the Cleveland Trinidad
company had expended nearly $4,000
in preliminary work.
The breach between the paving of-
ficials and the city officials has been
widening for six months. The city
demanded that the paving be started.
'I he paving officials claimed thev wer«
having trouble with their bondsman.
"Finally the council issued an ulti-
matum that the Cleveland-Trinidad
Paving company should begin work
ontracts would he revoked.
•ontracts secured by
"We want
a city of the f
ing mi 11 then
class. W wi
the governor
class "
"Thatl not
council atiHw*
Willi the C|ev
1 da
' Muskogei
itart work
Clares this
id the
• Is
When Taxe6 Become Delinquent
GUTHRIE: "The first half of the
taxes are due 011 December 15. and on
the third Monday of January next all
those taxes due and unpaid become
delinquent," is the opinion of Attorney
General West on tax collections.
"If no taxes have been paid on or
before the third Moday in January
following the assessment the entire
tax becomes delinquent, hut if half the
taxes are paid before the third Mon-
day in January, the second half of
the taxes are not due until June 1F
following. No penalty can be attached
to taxes until they are delinquent."
COURTESY BY ORDER
Oklahoma Commission Requirec Po-
liteness of Station Agents
GUTHRIE: Courtesy by executive-
order is one of the innovations made
by the Oklahoma corporation commis-
sion, which Issued a pronouncement to
the effect that all railroad station
agents must be polite to the traveling
public.
Other orders require all railroads
and express companies to send copies
of their freight and passenger tariffs
for the schedules, general freight and
passenger tariffs, both state and in-
terstate, special freight tariffs, offic-
ial mileage tables, and copies of all
agreements establishing freight and
passenger relations with other lines
10 the commission.
Bulletin boards are to be placed in
stations, and it is made compulsory
for the agents to mark up the schedule
of the trains dally.
Because his father refused to stop
playing a phonograph, while In-
wan ted to sleeep, Erby Hammond, 22
years old, attacked M. A. Hammond,
his father, in their home in Tulsa.
Young Hammond was arrested and
fined $7 10 in the mayor's court.
They Had a Stolen Team.
MCALESTER: A young couple giv-
ing the names of Mr. and Mrs. Leon
ard Francis, Kansas City, were ar
rested near Kiowa, this county, in
possession of a horse and buggy
which hud been stolen on the streets
here The couple are In Jail. They are
young people and say they were mar
rled in Kansas City two weeks ago.
They claim to be hotel servants.
Owing to the large number of pris-
oners held by Tulsa county, additional
quarters will have fo be secured. The
prisoners a.e now held In the city jail.
Cannot 8eize Liquor
MUSKOCifi; The Indian police. .10
In number, working in the five civ-
ilized tribes, have been notified of-
ficially that they no longer have au-
thority to seize and confiscate liquor
Under Iho old regime they hnd the
h.i,me authority as a deputy marshal.
id
Orcut 1
of Thee
intrants
1 mptiiy
id for damn
He asks
administrator of Die
ue It (loodwin, who
Midland Valley pass-
iist street, In Tulsa,
brought suit against
r the boy's
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