Luther Register. (Luther, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1908 Page: 6 of 8
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OKLAHOMA REFINERY BILL
TO BE HELD
COUNTY CEAT WARS COMING
State t3 Be Competitor cf the Stand- ' I U UL lll_uu gju introduced That Will Bring Many
ard Oil Company ' _ Hot Fighta
Oklahoma will establish a state re- j A bill introduced in the senate by
VIOLATION OF LAW TO BE MADE finery and go Into competition -with ! COAL SHIPMENTS MUST WEIGH I Thomas Monday provides a method of
A PENITENTIARY OFFENSE
OUT AS BILLED
the Standard Oil company, If a bill
, introduced.Thursday by Representa ;
I live Japp dud backed by the admin i 7—:—-
I Istrafion becomes h law
WILL PUT UN m 10 STOCK BUMBLING t. Jh" «wr«y days ot | CINIiOT COLLECT FREIGHT FOR DEFICIENCY
ihe passage of the act, Is authorized,
| fo appoint three freeholders to select
a site for the refinery, which is to
The Bill is stringent, and is Copied be und r th.- control of a board of
Consignees Can Hold Railroad Com-
panies for Original Bill of Lading
relocating county seats. Twenty-five
per ceat of the qualified voters of a
county may apoly to the governor ask-
ing that he call an election for the
purpose of changing the county seat.
The proclamation shall be issued
within 30 days after its receipt and
the dectlon shall be held in not lesB
than 60 days thereafter.
The county clerk and representa-
—Shortages Shall bfi Basis for Dam- I tives of two cities or towns making
application for the eourrty seat shall
constitute an election board and the
governor shall appoint a special elec-
tion commissioner In each voting pre-
cinct. The governor and the supreme
court constitute the board of canass-
ages
A bill providing for the weighing of
coal shipped by railroads within this
state and prescribing bases for dam-
ages was introduced Friday by Sena
After the Texas Law—Lindsay Bill font" directors of which the governor j
Defines Trusts and Monopolies in is chairman, to serve four years and!
Rectraint of Trade ! t0,„ at1.Poln'f d by the governor.
Two hundred and ten thousand dol- |
Operations of bucket /hops are for- ( lars is to be appropriated for the es
bidden in this state, according to a tablishment of the plant. The money
bill recommended for passage by the ] |3 to be raised bv issuing bonds In
senate Wednesday. (Sullty operators denominations of $1,000 'o run ten,, „ , _ ,,, , . — -
may be imprisoned for two years in years at 4 per cent Interest. No pro > rd' The hl" °r ,adlnK b>' | ers and the supreme court is given ex-
be penitentiary. The bill is at* strin j vision is made for the disposition of autJor,ty of which a coal shipment is , cjus|VG jurisdiction to hear and deter-
the revenues from the refinery. ; lYade' 8,ha1' .s,ate the 1IUP we,iKht °[ I mine all contests.
A bill by Vandeventer to make No- ' ,. .C0?, , " '' a^r, ves " ir no applicant gets a majority of
vember 16 a legal holiday to celebrate ,LK oeatlnat.on it shall be weighed by , ,|le vote,, cast th,, governor shall call
the admission of the state into the ' , consignee. and if the weight is j a gecon(j election and only the two
union Involved the house in a debate 1 ,?"n, , 'f"ss "j1"1 ,c "hown ,5 applicants having the highest number
— - | for sever*! hours. Speaker Murray , „ ,, 1 lad:ng the carrier shall be of voteg jn ,j,e first election shall e:i-
iind prescribing penalties for viola j started the discussion by moving to , " e t0 the consignee tor lhe deric- ter_ After April 1, 1909. ail removals
tlon, was recommended for passage recommit the bill with instruction;! Hnd shal1 not collect freight for (|f county seats fhan be made in ac-
The bill provides for j that September 17, the day the con- j _ deficiency. The measure of | cor(iance with this act and no change
Kent, and, In many respects, is copied
after tile Texas law, by which stock
Kamblers have been put out of busi-
ness in that state.
The Lindsay bill, defining trusts
and monopolies in restrain of trade
in the bouse.
forfeiture of charters of corporations j gtitution was adopted, be a legal holi- 1 df'"age sh®" be the vall,e of the coal
found guilty of violations
The somite reconsidered the b'.ll
authorizing Ihe governor to appoint
an expert accountant to audit the
territorial accounts, and, scenting
nearer the aroma of alleged irregular-
ities under territorial government,
passed it with little opposition.
The Wayne bill, providing for the
collection of occupation taxes in
towns and villages, was the subject
of .xtended discussion in the senate.
It was referred to the committee on
revenue and taxation.
Again defeated in the senate, the
Italncy resolution, commending Ihe
members of the constitutional con-
vention and memorializing congress
for ail appropriation, has doubtless
received its death blow at the hands j
of the upper house.
Division of assets and liabilities of [
divided counties assumed a tie* as- j
jieot when Senator Taylor ef Chicka- j
aha Introduced a resolution memor- |
lallzing congress to distribute the res-
idue of the Kiowa-Comanche lot sale
fund equitably between Comanche
and Caddo counties and Ihe counties
created in whole or in part from
tlieui.
liucket, shop und occupation tax
bills consumed a large part of an all-
day session of the senate The liucket
Hhep measure, prepared and intro-
duced by Franklin, Smith and Cor-
dell, wsn recommended for adoption
after the body had frolicked with it
for over an hour, and the lack of
seriousness that characterised the
proceeding* portends a different fate
when the measure is brought out for
final adoption. The occupation tax
measure, introduced by Wynne, elic-
ited a round of opposition speeches
lieai ihr.se who reside in cities of
the first class, where the present Ok-
lahoma statute with reference to thi?
tax lias been applied. It was referred
t<> the committee on revenue and tax-
alinn.
The bucket shop bill contains the
salient features of Ihe Texas law. in-
Hti 1 utlona that deal In or have to do
wiili futures or future contracts are
prohibited under penalty of two Tears
Imprisonment. Owners ef buildings
day. instead of November 16.
"The people of Oklahoma want to
celebrate the date of their own
achievements, and not the act of a
hostile power 1,500 miles away,"
Murray declared
at the destination
Coal shal! tye reweighed by a con-
necting line of road that receives a
consignment from another line, and
if a shortage of weight is found the
line making the transfer shall be lla-
The fight was compromised by j b!e for damage. If a carrier refuses
making September 17 "Constitutional | <0 weigh a consignment of coal the
Liberty" day and November 16 "3tate- 1 consignee may weigh it and his
hood Day," and the bill was recom j weights be prima facie evidence of
mitted. I the amount of coal, and damages
A hoii3e bill bv Durham to prevent j sha'l accrue from such refusal. It Is
fraud In sales of personal property a misdemeanor Tor any agent or em-
was killed on the third reading. 60 l>'°.ve of a carrier to refuse to weigh
to 22. i c°al and he may be fined $50 to $100
The Murdock bill appropriating : and Imprisoned 30 to 60 days in the
$151,000 for the maintenance of ar. | countv jail.
insane asylum at Fort Supply passeu j Provisions of this act shall apply j submit th? books is liable to a similar
the house, Si 10 1. to carriers that ship coal from an- fine. Mutilation or secretion 0f the
What the senate thinks of the j other state into this. ! books is construed a felony to be
house was again exhibited whea the' The house passed seven bills in
Thomas concurrent resolution
can be made thereafter for ten years
Prior to April 1, 1909, no public money
shall be expended for court houses
and jails in such counties as shall
have already voted upon the reloca-
tion of a county scat.
Monday he house passed the
Ellis anti-lobbyig bill and the Rainey
bill, prohibiting the destruction of the
records of corporations. The senate
passed the Redwine mining hill.
The Rainey bill provides that any
corporation refusing to allow the in-
spection of its books by the corpora-
tion commission, its agent or any rep-
resentative of the state shall be sub-
ject to a fine of from $25 to $5,000
each day. The officer who refuses to
AUTHORITIES CLASH
Federal and State Mine Inspectors
Cannot Agree
GUTHRIE: A conflict of authority
nas arisen between State Mine In-
spector Hanraty and Federal Mine
Inspector Cameron, and for that rea
son Senator Redwine, chairman of
the committee on mines and mining,
urged early consideration of a bill
approved by his committee that pre-
scribes the duties of the state mine
inspector.
"Cameron is usurping the powers
of the state mine inspector," said
Senator Redwine. "He is not in sym-
pathy with the miners but stands in
with the operators, his office being
with one of the attorneys for the op-
erators. He claims he has full au-
thority as federal mine inspector to
inspect the coal mines on segregated
lands which have been leased from
the Indian tribes and which have
been approved by the secretary of the
interior. The coal operators refuse
to recognize our inspector as the
proper inspector."
This bill, Senator Redwine declares,
is the be3t on the subject in the
United States. He declares that there
is an urgent necessity for it in order
that so many accidents may be
avoided. The governor in a special
message a short time ago recora-
I mended early legislation along this
' line.
vidlng for t'ne appointment
committee of Itl to investigate and
report on the advisability of estab-
lishing a legislative reference depart-
ment, came back to the house with
an amendment, providing that oinm-
bers of the committee shall bs select-
ed is accordance with the rules of
each h«use. The resolutUa origin-
ally provided that the president of
punished by a penitentiary term of
tli V,~*ro- ! rapid" order" TheF were'disposed of | fr°« fi^, ,years" .. .,
of a joint ia the following order, practically 1 he Redwine bill prescribes the du-
withont onnosltion- lie3 of the ohier mine ""Pec'01". l,ro"
vides for the creation of three mining
By Ellis, declaring null and void districts and the election of an assist-
contracts in any note or exchange. ■ au| minln.g inspector in each and pre-
boud or mortgage, for the payment j gcribes mining regulations. The chief
of attorney s fees, expense for collec- mine inspector shall have had a least
tioa and collection of fees; by Bryan, eight, years' experience as a practical
providing for funding the uutstand- miner and shall not be interested in
lag indebtedness against the state and anv mjne j„ the state during his term
K ®"ate aud the speaker • f the
house should appoint fite members
each.
"1 don't think |h* house has a right
to dictate how we should select our
committees," charged Blair is a hot
misdemeanors to courts having jur-
. . . . isdictlon; by Holland, providing a
speech, after Thomas had -.red to b ,„ue fo'r new cnunties to borrow
non-concur and the mooti.m waa bat. m wWch conduet blic af
A majority failed > vote atiraiatlve- • fai ' by win|ams, of
and the \ jt_' ,k.
Ing into effect the bills remitting the . jiq ooo and the governor shall ap
1907 tax of Oklahoma and extending point an inspector in his place it he
county taxes; by Ratliff. providing fails to execute bond within 20 day3
for the transfer of Indictments for 1 aftPr f.is election
more than' 10 persona will be allowed
Three mining districts are specified.
An assistant mine inspector is to be
elected in each district. In one he
shall be experienced as a lead and zinc
iu th*. m.fur >.H the i "• «■ Comanche. miner and in the o'her a a coil min r
resol* tloa "val dispa°ohed back h. ' alI,fntilnR ,he Prp3pn' banking law; j E h , b eIecte(, afte|. 19,0. Their
the heiise w th thit the Vandeventer. making September salarleB are fiXed at $1,500 each. Not
' ,wl1" requebt taat tne ? ..ConBtj,utionai liberty Day," and'
house recede. I^ater word came "rom '
the kouee
inai'ntained Uand'Vhe"*house agaiii hau 'e°a,t" ',a8sf!'. tha Brownlee- ; available openings to the surface,
said unequivocally that it's a large! Ooulding bill providing that delin Boys under 16 and women and girls
part ef the state legislation * ! quent tax warrants shall be filed in j are forbidden to work under ground.
R *|. t «f i:i . ieint c.vi ; .<m «a ' the district court shall become as! The Murray-.Whitehurst measure
Ihe Holland bill providing for the judgment liens against the property providing for hotel supervision by the
borrowing of money by certain coun- j abrogating and annulling taxes st„te was discussed in tbe house. The
ties was adopted anil the bill j.; delinquent on personal property section which provides for a state in-
readv for passage. i wll«re real estate became involved, spector to be named by the board of
The roll was called rm Ihe Hatchetr ; and the wiIli8ms bill creating a health was the point on' which the
The roll was called oa Ue Hatoftey . (j{ 0))t0metrv and prescribing d9bate centered. The section was
icene. i^ater wora came rrom t, f. . A fh state 1 *'«... ....
that it \m i-flrnrlc otner nonaavs 111 me to work in u mine at one time unless
ie dignitv of the -souate Is ! ob#erved "K national events. they are in communication with two
. , . : .mi.,, kin th. u,„„i„ f|.„ , oonru 01 opiumriij iuu jiira.nuius aejate ceniereu. i lie koituuii was
tire forbidden to laase the buildings _ v... n- X _ and r,,les for examination and practice. adopted with the amendment that the
fur purposes forbidden in this act
and agents or brokers who offer to
deal in futures and those who accepi
contracts from agents or brokers are
alike guilty of violations. Telephone
and telegraph companies are forbid-
den to use their wires or instruments
or to lease lliem for purposes forbid-
den iu ihe act.
"Proof that any person, corporation
or other association of persons, either
as principal, or agents, has estab-
lished an office or place where are
posted or published for information
received the fluctuating prices of the
ihings. articles or commodities men-
tioned in this act, or of any one or
more of the same, shall constitute
prima facie evidence of guilt, and the
burden shall be upon the defendant
to prove that such business was not
at the time of such act or publication
in violation of this act."
Senator George O. Johnson opened
fire against the occupation tax meas-
ure. Cunningham followed, charac-
terizing Hie measure as an outrage.
"It lias been tried In Kingfisher,
Ciiithrie and Oklahoma City and the
people rebelled,'' he said. ' "Nothing
is more Inequitable." Johnson bc-
lievoil lhat per cent of the cities
"''d towns afTected would not < nforc-.
it.
Suit may be instituted by the coun-
ty attorney or any person against aa
alleged violator and the attorney gen-
eral is empowered, along with county
attorneys, to enjoin and prosecute al-
leged violators.
The term "futures" as used in the
act Is defined as follows: "A sale or
purchase, or contract, whether in
writing or not, to sell or offer to sell
or purchase any cotton, grain, meat.
escape bill and each was passed and
signed by the president. The Guild-
ing bill, fixing the first Monday in
Under the Ellis measure the man inspector shall receive $1,500 instead
wha loans money forfeits the princi- of $2,000 a year. The measure
September as Labor day and declar- P«1 and interest if he allows a stipu provides that very hotel shall be flt-
ing II a holiday was referred to a j lation for attorney's fees to be in-I ted with a prescribed fire escape Th,-
special committee with instructions ! serted in the note. size of sheets on the b_?ds is specified
pecial
to report.
A resolution from the Oklahoma
County Medical association asked for
the creation of a state board ot
health and laws regulating the prac-
tice of medicine, llrownlee presented
a petition signed by 300 "Itizens of
Kingfisher and vicinity protesting
against the passage of a bill by Wll-
! lianas covering the points montloned
in the resoolution.'
Landrum presented a letter from
the attorney of the Cherokee nation
asking that the state make disposi-
tion of a number of insane patients
being held in that nation.
ltipsell called for consideration of
his resolution asking for the appoint-
ment of a committee to Investigate
the l racticabllity and advisability of
selecting a permanent capital site. It
was made a special order for Febru-
ary 14. Opposition to the consider-
ation of the measure came from those
who are holding fast to a resolution
adopted some time ago providing for
state institutions should be postponed
up til after April 1
A resolution by Hranscm proposes
ti* require the offipial stenographer
of the house to transcribe all pro-
ceedings and file a copy In the sec-
retary of state's office. It was -re-
ferred to the rules committee.
'The Rainey bi'l
and in regard to the dining room the
measure reads, "No cup, dish, vessel
or receptacle for food shall have
cracks visible to the naked eye
Judqe Dismisses Forty-Five Cases
ARDMORE: District Judge S. H.
In addition to eliminating the men
tlon of the national comptroller of
currency and extending to national
banks the state guaranty depositors'
law, the Williams bill further amends
the recently adopted act giving the
state bank commissioner authority to - t-ki^
regulate the amount of deposits and Russell dism ssed 4a ex rel ca.es This
the interest thereon, it specifies thai action resulted when an effort. wa
real estate loans shall not exceed 20 made to have them tranafoimed to
per cent of the authorized loan of j federal courts These cases were
unv Institution brought prior to statehood b> the
i, . ' . I United States government for and in
The house refused to concur in the bella)f of ln(]ian minors to have cer-
senate amendments to the White , lajn lea3es canceled. All of these
hurst bill, which makes the federal ! ca=es transferred to state courts
census of last July the official census j wjth t..,e cominK „f statehood. Judge
Russell overruled a motion for trans-
fer of the cases and dismissed them
from court establishing what attor-
neys assert is precedent of import-
ance to lessors of this section.
MANDAMUS STATE PRINTERY
for the state. The alteration, as con-
strued by the house, gave county as-
sessors the chance to "pad the roll*"
by cutting out the phrase "until the
ntXt federal census." The amend-
ment purported to afford counties
which claimed to have been slighted
by the federal enumerators an oppor-
tunity to have theii inhabitants The Guthrie state Capital Files Suit
counted again next spring 1 he> house Governor and Printer
adhered to its original bill on the- mrrHR1E. Mandamus nd iniunc-
zk «r°rr
for county officials salaries HasfceU. State Printer
r"Ti" renins Corral! and the state prlntery biar.l
The Hrcok'bill regulating the in- The mandamus aetk. to compel the
coiiiuuiice. „„ ' f iiHo= nf the first elnsi printer to submit public printing work
providing electrid eorporatlon of cltles ofjhe^ ^as w conlpetUive bids and to accept that
of the State Capital. The injunction
intention of the parly being prose-
cuted under this act at ihe time of
such sale or pretended sale, contract,
purchase Or offer to sell or purchase,
was made, that Ihe thing mentioned
In such transaction should be dellv
ered and paid for as specified in such
transaction."
The Vandeventer bill providing lhat'
school boards in cities of the. flr.s!
class shall hold over until (he next
regular election was reported favor-
ably by the committee on education
and advanced to fin l passage
headlight for trains, and the bill or "as, on motion of Branson^ recom
Sena-tor BrooK regufatlng the incor- mitted for further- a men dm nt.
,,, of ti,., f|rs. 0iasg The Blair bill creating, a state
porntion of c. , i boar(1 ot agriculture was taken up
"e. Only
the bill
iiv Murdock", providing special as Being recon..u.t« -
reRsments fir sidewjiIks, Chappell. er ^ag (he use of
regulating, plumbing. Porter, on the ijall ^iiid urged to deliver his lec-
'si^ie subjeM. and V, Hliams .aowing *he^aLl by g
txee' vlaittng -trj, tftwnf and eities.
i The iqllowing ' bills were intro
or pureuase any cotton grain, .nn-at. faVorkbly reported bv commit-, board or agriculture waa ...
lard, cattle, or any stocks or bonds of k'e The-loHowingi wer^Unravor- in the 'Committee of the whole
any corporation to be delivered Hi the' „i,Tv reenmm*nded'■ i 1 ■ v one section Was discussed, ti
future when It was not the hona fi.de * ..rovlding special as- being recommitted for further ti
would prevent the governor and the
hoard from carrying out any contracts
alleged to have been heretofore let
The petition cites that such contracts
have been secured by the Guthrie
Leader.
Evidently there is uo lumber trust
ture on agriculture by a petition at Texhoma, from report. The lumber
■signed by a number of republicans. dealers of the town are engaged in a
The Bryan bill provides that bonds p,.|ce cutting warfare which has re-
ducadj "L ,j,e denomination of $500, payable | duced the retail price of lumber btlow
'li.v Hart, providing la.' high eciioot semi-an.iually at the rate of 4 per j cogt. As a result that section of the
system; Faulkner., pritectiug cotton cent. shall be issued, not to exceed j B(flte experiencing a building boom.
transit,;' Casteel. con- $1,400,000. i j Kvery cne who has conteiuplatea build
ferrlBR jdrisdlcUon ••OU the supreme ; The Holland bill was practically and contractors and builders are haul-
court relative to the.! settlement c.r settled when the senate adopted the jne Iumber (rcm Texhoma to many
V.nde- rrepou orthe^co^renoe «m^«^ee, | of ,ho sim.oundlns town, in that part
TO EQUALIZE TAXES
j Board to Meet Soon to Arrange a
Schedule for Assessment
GUTHRIE: The state board ot
equalization will hold a meeting soon
i to adjust and equalize the valuation
| of real and personal property of the
I counties in the state and assess all
railroad and public service corpora-
tion property.
This year all the electric light, gas,
water, power and heating companies,
having any property or operating un-
der a franchise granted by the city
councils of tile cities in the state will
be assessed by the state board instead
of by the city assessors as has here-
tofore been the custom. The managers
and owners of these companies will
forward a schedule or sworn state-
men! of the actual cash valuation of
their taxable property to Auditor
Trap p.
Failure on the part of any of feose
companies to submit such a statement
to the board or to return the same to
the auditor is made punishable by the
statutes of a forfeit of not less than
$500 and not more than $5,000 for each
offense.
Attorney General West stated that,
this provision of Lie Btatute will be
rigidly enforced.
ARE GIVEN MORE TIME
t Venter, jirM^t'tWg horticultural J j
which was accepted-by thtrhouse j of fne state.
Railroads Will Have Until July 1st
To Install Jim Crow
GUTHRIE: By authority of a con-
current resolution prepared by Sena-
tor Graham, autiior of the jim crew
la; and a member of the committee
on public service corporations, the
corporation commission is instructed
not to institute any euit or action
against any railroad company of this
state on account of its failure to pro-
v.tfi and maintain separate waiting
rooms for white and blacks, a# pro-
vided in the jim e-ow law, prior to
July 1, unless the commission shall,
after investigation, find that tbe ceni
pany is not making a bona fide effort
to comply with tbe law or is aeting
in defiance of tine constitution amr
the laws.
The resolution issues as a result of
the inquiry by the public service cor-
porations committee of railroad of-
ficials concerning their ability or in
ability to comply with the separate
waiting room clause of the law.
It has the approval of all member#
of the committee and of other legisla-
tors who heard the arguments oT the
railroad men.
Lindsay Banks Consolidate
LINDSAY: The Farmers' Exchaage
bank and the Lindsay National bank,
both of this city, have consolidated.
The business will be continued as a
state bank in the building formerly
owned by the Lindsay National. It
is understood that the Farmers' Ex-
change bought over the stock of the
Lindsay National.
WILL FIGHT REMOVAL
Citizens of Woodward Go to Washing-
ton to Protest
WASHINGTON: The removal of
the land office from W'oodward and
consolidation with the one at Alva is
raising a storm of protest. A delega-
t'on from Woodward will reach here
to present the case. Business had
dropped so low at Alva that two laud
districts had to be consolidated. There
is a question as to which city woulu
serve homesteaders best and both
places probably will make a contest
far it. The order has been signed fcy
the president, but Secretary Garfield
will have a hearing on the matter.
Secretary Garfield will decide arter a
hearing of both cases.
NORMAN: Judge Sharp overruled
the, demurrer filed by Ben Williams,
attorney for Hudson Madden in the
bootlegging case. Madden was caught
with a trunk containing 72 pints or
whisky, which he had just brought
from the depot. The demurrer held
that the clause prohibiting the trans-
portation of liquor did not apply to
taking it from the depot to town, i his
is the second ruling of the sort on
this case from county judges.
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