The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 151, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1909 Page: 3 of 10
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THUR3DA MOBNINO
GUXHiUt, UJiLA-'.OiyiA, OCTOBER 21, 1309—EIGHT PAGES
THURSDAY MORNING
NUMBER 161.
SHIM FACTS ARE
Dogs Prove More Effective Than Policemen
VEILED CHARGES
OSAGE AND POTTAWATOMIE
BOOKS PRESENT CURIOUS
MUDDLE.
EXAMINER IS SCATHING
Offices Illegally Filled~Two Coun-
ties Lose Thousands in Irregular
Claims, According to J. G. Con-
dit and Deputy J. M. Sanders.
Criminal Prosecution Likely.
Numerous an extended irregular!
ties In the handling of the county fi-
nances of Pottawatomie county ar©
shown in the report of the state ex-
aminer and Inspector on the county
offices of that county, given out yes
terday by Governor Haskell.
The report shows that from the
date of statehood to September
1909, the commissioners of Pottawato-
mie county paid claims to the amount
of 51,845, which the state examiner
holds to be absolutely illegal, and
others which were irregular and g*n
erally of doubtful character, aggregat-
ing J35.272.44. There were also many
claims which were in excess of tho
amounts allowed by law, the excess
aggregating $2,706.13.
The commissioners are further crit-
icised for paying out money from tho
road and bridge fund without definite
statements as to where It was used or
how expended. Only two contracts
for bridges were let during the period
covered by the report, and $34,493.99
was paid out on indefinite vouchers
"for bridge work." Some of these war-
rants went to rr/embers of the board
"for supervising bridge work."
HAGAR IS INCLUDED.
R. H. Hagar, a member of the county
board, who figured prominently in the
recent graft investigations, is declar-
ed to have received $330.40 in illegal
claims, including two payments for
coal sold to the county, excess salary
paid and expenses for trips to Sulphur
Springs and olsewhore. N. A. J. Ticer
and W. G. Price, the other two com
miasioners, are charged up with illegal
receipts of only $5.40 and $12.75 re-
spectively.
Among the "irregular" claims
which attention is called are numer-
ous items In favor of Virgil R .Diggers,
former county attorney, since remov
ed from office, whose disbarment for
receiving bribes was this week upheld
by the supreme court. Riggers re
celved on one occasion $ir 0 "for pro
viding expert testimony;" on anothe
$377.20 "expense Investigation I
court;" $329.40 "expense In court an
elsewhere;" $300 "expense in procuring
testimony," and another payment
$505.30, which is Just "expense.'
ABOUT SALOON CLAIMS.
The action of the board in allowing
claims for refunds nn saloon licenses,
all drawn after June 1. 1908, is al9o
questioned. These claims were for
$74.99, $148, $56.05 and $183.31 respec-
tively. The allowances for special
judges of the county court are also
held to be without twarrant of law.
Ren.s for expense Involved In work-
ing convicts on county roads were dis-
proved because there Is no law for
such procedure, although It Is regard-
ed as a good business proposition.
Other items, such as those for salary
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN B
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Through Legislature — Others
Made Speeches.
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llrrr Her-
reiarv of the
re todi
south lUBt-
WOODWARI
Norlhwestern «<U1 > t
to us on
otton crops
the colonies
untry. It is
In the cot
L'iinarr
Okla
by Mayor Hiplr.s
irded t
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lit oi
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Irrigation
and in
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CjY&yPcr/r T/r'£>
costs/?.
it°d ti
f the legislature thj
take action
to i
hind (hem,
Kt iit f
ay bunding in Northwestern Okla
chief part. Mr. Morgan snoke as fol-
ded
ng the Rue Vol
which ends in a steep flight of steps lead
ng to the church door. Up the stej
rrowd flung itself
J SENT 3LACX HAND LETTERS
STUDIES COTTON CULT'
—
GERMAN VISITS OKLAHOMA ATT3ND/NCE QUITE LARGE
Have oo Deal With Boll Weevil in
Colonies the Same as Planters: Congressman Dick T. Morgan De
Do Here.
KANSAS CITY, Oct
ard Dernburg, colonial
in empire, returned
mpletlng a tour of
Ing one month, for the Study of
culture in America. The l ^t r,l;u
ited by Herr Dernburg who \va
companied on his tour b
Eushe, secretary of agrl
colonies, was Oklahoma
"boll weevil." si
of considerable lnt
account of its bad effect c
have to deal with it
just as you do in this
very migratory and trav
ten cargoes."
Regarding the negro question
Dernburg said:
"The main problem with us in Africa
la to find something f'f tn- neqro,->9
to do, that they will he ratlsflM to do.
My government wishes to tnalte Its
aegrois In Afrlra work and pay tales
and save money."
DIES OF HER WOUNDS
Young V/oman Attacked Three
Months Ago Succumbs.
PITTSBURG, Kans., Oct. 20.
Lera Iterant, who was attacked hy-
men while walking with a friend
Chicopee three months ago and
when she attempted to escape, died lrom
the effects of the wound today. Two
suspects, who were arrested at Crow-
burg shortly after the assault, are now
In jail.
DEPUTY COUNTY ATTORNEI
LAWTON, Okla., Oct. £0.—F.
Swank, formerly secretary to Congress-
man Scott Ferris, was sworn in as sec-
ond deputy county attorney and today
began active duty in that capacity. The
additional help was found necessary be-
cause of the immense volume of business
in the county attorney's office, and with
the district court docket practically
cleared up. County Attorney Fain an-
nounces that next week every effort will
be made to clean up tho County Court
criminal docket.
BROKE COTTON RECORDS
Number of Bales Brought to Sa-
vannah in a Day 26, Oil.
SAVANNAH, On, Oct. 20.— All
cords for Savannah wore l.rofton to-
day by cotton receipts. The total
number of bales brought In was 26,011.
of which 1,274 were sea Island, In
round figures, the value of tills Im-
mense amount o? cotton is 1 POO.OOO, I
is predicted Savannah's receipts for thi
year will be near tho 2,000,000 balo
mark.
MORGAN MAKES SPEECH.
"There are four promlnint >rovislons
n the reclamation act which the people
?hould clt-rly understand. These four
i follows:
noney derived from the
lands in certain western
ltories is 'reserved, set
i .iecial fund,
latlo;. fund to
provisions are
"Forst. The
sales of public
states and te
aside and appropriated
to be known as the r<
HE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
PERRY, Okla., Oct. 20.—Henry Arm-
strong attempted to hang himself with
strips of bed clothlnc In the county Jnll
last night. Tie wn« removed to tho wo.
men's ward and tho death watch planed
over him, Vpon being returned to tho
Jail thin afternoon Armstrong said lo tho
other prlennrr*! "They will never hnr.u
ms."
be used in the examination and survey
for and in tho construction and the main
tenanee of irrigation works, foi the
storage, diversion and development of
water for the reclamation of arid and
semi-arid lands In said state? nd terrl-
torlps.'
"Second. The law provides that the
owners or occupants of the lands, shall,
in rot to exceed ten annual tayments,
re-pay to the government the full cost
of the instruction works.
"Third. Only the major portion,
fifty-one per cent of the funds repel'
form the pale of lands within n st
nre required to be expended In that st
nnd this Is subject to the conditions that*
oONTIMiirD ON PAGE ?, COLUMN 3.
Taft on Way to See the Big Trees
REVOLUTION on
WAR ASSAILS NICARAGUA
More Than Half the Republic Now
in Hands of Revolutionists and
Recruiting With Great Success
Is General—San Juan River Is
Mined.
BLUKFIE1.DS, Oct. CO- More than half
i t' the republic of Nicaragua is in ths
ti>' - <. f r - r. i,: • i:
tory dispa' lies have been received that
C:\as, . ".mil.i" ; nd San Juan He I Sur
have been taken by the insurgents.
General Juan Reyes, former governor
of the coast provinces, wno led two pre-
eral Mena and General Fornos Diaz, ac-
companied by nearly l'*0 exiles, have ar-
rived here from l.imon and Bocas Del
•
Two Itlians Convicted in Ardmore
Federal Court.
ator
,., Oct. 19.
Gipaulla were con-
of using the mails
sent 'black hand"
ARDMOUi:. <i
Dibella and Ba.«
Victed here tod,
to defraud. TI
letters to wealthy citizens in Pittsburg
county, demanding money. Government
secret service men effected their ar-
rest.
During their trial it developed that
Italians who were notified they must
pay road tax in Pittsburg county had
tried to kill an overseer with a bomb
McIVOR-TYNDALL'S LECTURE
RELAPSE C0M.ES TO LEADER
Almost Sleepless Night Followed
by Attacks of Hicoughs Whi -h
Rocks His Weakened Body—
His Physicians Are Less San-
guine Than Before.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. —P. H. M<
SCOTTISH RUE
SUPREME COUNCIL HOLDING
D4th SESSION AT WASH-
INGTON.
DEGREE V/ORK ON FIDAY.
L W. Baxter, F. A Derr J. W.
Duke, A. C. riixon, L. T. Leach,
Jr, C. H A. Martindale and T.
Swearinger of Guthrie Among
Those for Kifh Honor.
WASHINGTON. D. (\. Oct. 20.—The
fifty-fourth biennial session of the
supreme council of Scottish Rite Ma-
tons for the southern jurisdiction re-
ed its labors today. At the after-
noon session, which was executive,
the active members gave consiedration
to the report of the committee on
nomination for honorary 33d degrea
Masons. Among the Knights Com-
mand- r «>r the Court of Honor elect-d
to tlie 33d degree were:
Marjor Charles Henry Barth ,U.
Arkansas Klmer Leroy Biggs, Hot
Springs; Samuel Posey Collins. Hot
Springs; George Guy Wood, Little
Hock.
Kansas George Duane Adams, Sa-
lina; Floyd Amaden, Wichita; O. II.
Bently. Wichita; Alexander Berg. Sa-
lina. Wii'l.in. l.iversv Burdick, Law-
rence. William Edward Cassell, Fort
Scott; ll-iUa Finley Chapman, Fort
Scott Isaac Wesley Gill. Wichita:
Lewis William Lewis. Emporia; Chas.
Andrew Moore. Topeka; Chester Burns
Reed, Topeka. Henry Clay Sluss
Wichita; John William Wright. Inde-
pendence; Albert Julius Holmark.
Kansas City; James Park Wiles, Kan-
sas City.
' Missouri Charles Herman Arcul-
arius Joplin Frederick Hampden
Bacon, st. Louis; Thomas Herron, Jop-
lin; John William Holtman, st Joe:
Frank Frederick William Jrennlng, St.
L«r !«•; George Thomas Mathews, St.
Louis G. William Niemann, St. Louis:
Charles Schlfferdecker, Joplin.
oklahoma and New Mexico—Elva
Citntoi B irrows. Tulsa; Louis warrci
Baxter, Guthrie. Louis Berlowitz. Mc-
Alester; Edward Augustus Cahoon.
Boswell; Frank Alvln Derr. Guthrie;
j,,hn William Duke. Guthrie; Jan.es
Gordon Fitch. Socorro; William Hayes
Fuller. McAlester; James Franklin
Heath-rlngton, Oklahoma City; Almot
Clark Hixon, Guthrie; Roy Vict r
Hoffman, Chandler; Landol Full r
Loach. ,1r. Guthrie; Charles Hoyt A1-
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own. He has mined the San Juan r
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Recruit In r has been general with k "'
mceess, many thousands along the i
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Greer, Frank H. The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 151, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1909, newspaper, October 21, 1909; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc127516/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.