The Sapulpa Weekly Democrat. (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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WIUI Oht MAN HAS UuNt
BUTCHER COMPANY
In the following the Kan-as
City Post expresses our sentiment'
and at the same time oilers an ex-
planation of why we do not pos-
sess $50,000 or $10,UU0, or $10.00.
There’s just a great big sermon in
this artiele.
“A man by the name of Henry
H. West of Danvers, Mass., has
just retired at the age of 1*0 years
from the employ of a wire compa-
ny, for which he had worked for
forty years at twelve dollar a
week. He had never missed a
day’s work, and lie managed to
accumulate a competency of 5*.>0,-
000.
“What Henry West did any
man, or almost any man, could do,
Style of the New Oil Company is
Dutcltcr fid, ties A Mineral
Company.
Jos. Kaufman was in today and
talked over the oil situation to a
certain extent with ns, and inci-
dent! v remarked that the compa-
ny with whom lie i- identified is an
incorporated concern and is known
hs the Dutcher Oil, Hus X. M*nei-
al Company, with .1.11. Dutelier,
Pres. Henry Uyan, Vice-Pies.,
Jns. Kaufman. Sec., and N E.
Chapman, Treasurer. I In* exact
distance to the tiist well, the der-
rick for which is now Mug erec-
threc and oue-half mile
J Kroii. Tbar»*Uy'» Hally-
S. H. Sirnborger left last night WILL BINMIID ikmisdale. who is said to
for Guthrie to attend court. | ^ tran,piles that Mr W. I ^ ^ M of th„ b,g
Clias. Harbin of the St Lou.s G Selhy, who depart 'd for I()kh,1Minil &. . ipe line from Sx-
Kepublic is in the c.ty today. home at Marialla. Ohio, -.......d«v», t„ Oklahoma City, «n a
Attorney George L. Mann went »go. had a double mission t. pei ^ of slaiu|,lK| ,»il evidence in
to Mnskogee this afternoon on form. He will be muted m mar ' x Vork VP*teida) .tisdeveloped
legal business. ri .ge on the 'ilst of this month t<* ^ ^ tlim1J,1|r a sort . f
W. M. Walsh, representing the Miss Marie Mm-I allot t »’M1‘- c| „ inj? Me,it for the Standard
(iriibHiii l’n|»-i Co., Of St. I-.U„. Mi.s Mio-UII U OOO of I
was in town today catling on the most beautiful and accomplish d
tr>dp |young ladies. The eeremony will
Mr. .nrf Mr.. C. M. Soldo will(-■ foriuod .. MW ».,d
om.-rl.Hin rho WhW Clot. .. <1.0 Ih-ywil lo.vo.,10. .kwk for
...........(Mr. Mid Mrs, Krod Jo- ‘"P •« »“* ...........»< «•>*
BAMSOAU WITH STANBAAD STANDS BY THE BOOKS
hannes tonight.
Mis. Mtul Cullins of Kansas
return to Sapulpa in tin* spring.
Mr. Sell*v and his taii.e. are the
owner* of the Selby t hi A < *as Lo ,
City, Mo , i- in the eitv visiting aIM] |,e Imp* made S*pulp« hD home
her sister, Mis .1.11 Penn. Mis. for the last two years, lie is a
Cullins thinks very highly of Sa y,M1|llr Mmn of sterling worth and
pulpa and expects to invest
ted, is r- r
man, or almost any man, coum u«», ,oUt,|, and oue half unle we-t ot I pri)pprty here. 1 of everyone with win
if he felt that way inclined. Be- Sapulpa on the Ihitelier trad ot pr K £ \|a^,n re|M..t* a de- j„ contart. The next
yond a doubt, this man has xlway- |and. und the company i* *o hmii- cWeJj c|lHllBe fOI the Mter in tlie:uvwr, that Will conte
by his demeanor ha* made a 11 iend
of everyone with whom he comes
time, how
j________ land, and the company i- *o san- ljded c|mnge foi the letter in the that Will contemplates get-
believed in the value of money. It 2Ume that they will strike it rich Londjt,ou ,,f Mrs. Buck Woikman tjllir mmried, we want him to tell
is evident that he must have spent *i.— -»« *»«>>•>*» t<> »m>nfi unite 1. ... .. » -* - ia.;» . •- ■ — *— ----- --**■■*«
Oil company. < >f course tins lm
h.-en the supposition here 'or
some time, but it was not known.
More than 00 per cent of tin- oi»
husine-* in Coloiwdo. \N ioru ng.
Utah. Montana ami New M«*x c >
is controlled by the Standstill Oil
compare a« cording to testimony
add'icti d at the hearing of the
government's suit to dissolve the
corpor.ition in New York. ( hr s
tian I hedger of the statistical n®
partme.it of tlie Standaid t hi com
panv identitierl statement' certify
mg to the alarve percentage.
Willi,.in G. Rockefeller. Jr.
Says They Will Sustain
Him It Not Tampered
With
ATTACK ON ST*NDARD OH
I.,dn-itd l ncle Sant Oll*c»*l Hjs Wnn«n
ho.»k i« b« Cuciiljtcd
Stockholders
little more than was necessary to
pav lor the liare necevitie* of life.
Probably he let liquor aud totrac-
co severely alone. Doubtless he
knew little al*out the shows pre-
sented by the ha-al theaters, lie
could have made very few long
pilgrimages. His house ot fancies,
must he destitute of boons or any
work of art. It is not likely that
he ever gave much for sweet
cbarity'sUsake.
“But Henry West at
that they are going to spend quite |iti Woodlawn Addition. Ibis
a sum of money on it. Ev«rJ’* wj|| be go.nl news to tlia* ladie’i
laaly who knows the gentlemen I #f|y ln Sapulpa.
composing the m w company and Mr. Tohey. who had charge of
are familiar with their detern,,oa-l here rece„Uy,
,o do things, expect and _______ Ardmore Jan. 11th
lion
U, see them sucre, d sud thus open, ^ w|H ^ open a recruit
up another pool of oil that w,‘ • here and in Tulsa. Mr
make the whole world sit up and fund-
us about it la»for' he g.ass away
and not make us tind out in other
w ays.
The Dkmotkat will forgive him
this time, though, and joins the
many friends of the young man in
extending its heaitiest congratula-
tions for a prosperous and happy
Kansas ''tty elan. 15.—The fed-
eral grand ju y, winch convened
Ml Ksiisa- i’lfv. Kails., M. inlay
lelumeti an indictment against H.
take notice.
Tobey made many friends while future, witlia warm welcome to
■ « _ • 11 i__k^v*k ...kAn »hop 1'ntitrn Id III ki1
GOT REVENGE
| in Sapulpa who will lie plessed h,
| learn of his return to our city.
W. D. Richardson, the refinery
1 man did not get his business trails
an age --------
when all that is mortal in most [jaw,on, oUh., Jan. 15.—Dr. acted in St. Louis yesterday until
men is quietly sleeping in mother K u Beauchamp, who killed | late in the evening, and therefore
I Kith when they return to m ke
Sapulpa their home.
was examined :ega,ding a tt.'”*.- j| Tl|(.ker< „ for misuse o' the
0011 loan made t<> a Mr. liai nsdnle, .......
who, the government is trving to
prove, is a secret buyer foi the
Standard Oil company in Western
Pennsylvania. In 1005, alone,
loans to Bar.isdale are said to have
iesched S7.oiki,ih»o, upon which
practically -u» interest was charg-
ed.
Itcyoud saying that the $*J,0O<i,-
IT WAS NARROW ESCAPE
men is quietly siecpm* j, ,, ueaucnuinp, who mini —*..........-
earth has fifty thousand dollars C|mrleH Thorn as, of Chico, Tex., c.»uld not get in on the morning
which he has saved from his loug on a ^rajn Holiart a year ago, I train. Auhgram loin mu
years of toil. He >* al“‘ was shot and killed here today by night, however stated that he
'sound, so tar as earthly necessi- the two brothers of his victim, would be in on the afternoon ttain
ties go now. The pooorhouse will I |0^n Thomas of Lawton and Wil- today and therefore >> tomorrow
not stare him in the face. He can ,|am ThoniaH Gf Chico, Tex , as he we expeet to be able to give some
enjoy his few remaining years in L,^ boarding n train definite and interest nig in orn a
comfort and peace, if the capacity j Several months ago Beauchamp Gon regar ing t ie . apu pa
for enjoyment still abides with billed Charles Thomas, a brother Richardson oil retinei v.
him. Perhaps, however, his great- Lf j0^n and William Thomas, of I nMn KriiUy* n»iu.
est joy is found in the know ledge |lolmrt. Okla , as the result of an Trainmaster Dornblaaer was in
that he has fifty thousand dollar*. Lnoged mtimacy lietween Charles ^ n)ornin|r< He is kept
“There are not many Henry Thomas and the doctor’s wife. Uy busy thtMP days lo.»king
W'ests in the world, and it is well Ljince that time trouble has been afler'hia department,
for the human race that there aie brewing> Straughan of the Sapulpa
not. The world moves because Dr, Beauchamp was about to de- ^ Vyol ks ,rtt„ascted husi-
men spend money, not because ^ from the city when tUo yesterday, returning
they save it A work ol misers Thomas brothers met him on the ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ,nwrninsr train
would witness no industry. l*r,us Kock W»nd depnt platform. All j
would run to weeds, the pasture^ men drew pistols immediate- H *' n
would fill up with brush, the hum |y wju Thomas fired twice, | The question, “What is a dern
of marbinery would . ^ I,u||,t, lwin«effective. Thenk™' ^J,'
writers would stop wrltma, p4mt ,,„hD Thomas shot Hoaochum twice » ^ oWh,t U a
ers would stop painting and mu- alld he fell to the platform dead. ^ ^
Mcian* would alop eowpMiaf IHe fired at tM brother* before
The llenry Wests of tins world I falltn|g but missed them
is hi was secured by m »rtgage
bonds of the K&n*as Naim al Ga*
company ami the Pittsburg Oil
Gas company, together with
Wellinir, mana*.r of the |............. .Ml real estate and osl
Gulf Pipe Line Co's . tank farm lands, Mr. Hoehefeller saui he had
southeast of town, was in the ,.ity lit',e knowled^-of ihe Irnnsaetnn.a
today and while here related the and refened trunk It. Kello«,
experience of hi-naelf and family the jovernment a atloruoy, to
durimr the lire, whiel. utterly and other officer- of the company
............ destroyed his home end The hearm* will h- eonlmued to-
contents on the “farm” the other | morrow
Mr. Welling is the
morning,
ather of eight children, all of
whom together with hi* wife were
at In>me. Early in the morning
the entile family was aroused by
would not he able to make even
their twelve dollars a week. 1 he
misers would dream of gold that
did not exist.
“We live in a sociable world, or
rather in a world that is, in pait,
sociable, and is intended to be
wholly so. lhe man who lives
for himself does not live at all.
He is deed, and always lias been
dead, just as dead as he will be af-
ter the undertaker and the parson
The Thomas’ gave themselves up
to the sheriff.
CA GE FALLS
DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE
A goodly crowd ot Democrats
met at the C:ty Hall last night
pursuant to a cull by Ed £>•
Pfleger and after some discussion,
urinGUAN..^. .......... r------- and the reading of several letters
have done their best and worst, calculated to prove beneficial in a
for him. (legislative way to Sapulpa as a
“No individual is » person ex- city, proceeded to oi ganite a
cept in so far as he lias relations | Democratic club. H. M NNatehorn
with the great world from which
he sprung, and of which lie is a El I inghausen, Secretary, and
was elected Chairman. George
“Schopenhauer defined life as
will, and will as egoism, and ego-
ism as wretchedness. And if
Schopenhauer spoke the List word
of wisdom, pessimism i* us inevi-
tably the real philosophy ot life as
the old German philosopher
thought it would prove to lie. But
S. Pfleger, Treasurer.
Tlie organization of a gooc
Democratic Club in Sapulpe is
imperative if Sapulpa is to gam
anything through her representa-
tive at Guthrie, and then organi-
zation is necessary if success is
attained in any other way. Sev-
eral matters of importance to the
WANT INDIAN FUNDS PAID
Narrow Escape of Lore-
man Jim Anderson
This Afternoon.
______________r _____ „ Washington, Jan. ML—Senator
the smoke, and they had harely I (lore has introduced a hill requir-
tiiue t«» escape with their lives. I jnjj the government to make a per
Every stitch of cl thing, shoes. I i-apita distribution of all funds
and household articles were entire |,e|d jn trust for the five civilized
ly destroyed while the family was These funds aggregate
compelled to stand and watch the a|M,ut $8,000,000. divided by tl ilies
Inmie go in a Idling cold wind, k, follows: Cr*H*ks, $2,(KHl,ooo;
Mr. Welling only rerently came Cherokees, $1.800,OOO; Smninoles,
here from Illinois and is a particu $‘2,(HH),000; Choctaws, if 1,000,000:
la: friend of the family of Fred (Jhickasaws, $1,200,000. The ail
Edwards, hav ing lived in the same ministration will insist upon an
town f »r a number of years. amendment to the hill, first giving
While of course the loss is a the government authority to us**
severe one, still Mr. Welling what funds are necessary to equal-
thankful under'the circumstances Lze t|,e |and allotments. After
that Ins entire family escaped in* the allotments are equalized, the
I jury. I government has no objections to
- distributing the funds to the ln-
DANGEROISLY BURNED Uiwis.
FALLS TWENTY FOUR fEET
Elevator Did Not Work Right on
1. (). (). F. Building and
Anderson Is Ijeft Dang-
ling ln the Air.
Dr. Wetzel was called eight
miles north of Sapulpa yesterday
evening to attend Mrs. Sibal hog-1 xvhorol>y it was planned to enable
ers who was severely burned. \t......._ 4/. i.„u tk...r ^.Hnn until
Tin Farmer*’ I’nion cotton ware-
| house movement m tin* South,
■ farmers to lu>ld their cotton until
Mrs Rogers was standing at tl,e the pnce had gone up to 15 cents
cook stove when her dress caught ^ h|tS Co||apaed on ac-
fireand before the (lames could be I UQt o{ tlie „,rinjrency of the
extinguished both her legs, both I , nrk«-t. It was anno i need
arms, back, side and one ear was
m November bv E A. Calvin,
there is one hope for the world town will come up and l*e dispos-
that Bchopenhaner did not foresee. , ed of by tlie ucvv organization in
• . I « __..L . .4 if ulinnlil
one hope that few people a- vet j the next few weeks, and it should
foresee: and this hope lies in the | become a big and growing organ-
possibility that egoism may be- izntirn
tamie discerning enough to per-
ceive that the wretcedness of the
egotistic will may be broken down
President Roosevelt is trying to
vguusiii: nm mo, .........—------- keep tlie republican party close
through merging it with ti e l°v" to the people, we are informed,
ing will of altruism. It is useless | u has always been kept close
to tell men to love their enemies, pn„u>?b to ‘ touch'’ them whenever
for most men do not love even1
their friends—very much. But
the day may dawn when the love
of the neighlMir will seem na
necessary.
The Milwaukee Sentinel calls at-
tention to the repoh of the Presi-
dent’s recent hunt in Na.. which
tural that men will be unable to reads .iThe president ehota turkey
conceive kiw any other tee ling ^ # rahbit;oneof tbem on the
U wing.” VN'ell, hut which one I
ever obtained in the world
man nature is not yet complete,
and Aristotle warned u* a great
lhe streets of Sapulpa presen-
many centuries ago against judg-1 MhI a liveler appearanc Uaiay than
ing anything before it reached at any time since the panicky
muturpv ” | times set in.
The cage in the temporary cle
yator used in constructing the ele-
gant new I. O. O. F Hall became
loo. oned from its moorings in
some unknown manner at 1:80
this afternoon, and dropped from
the top of the building »o (In-
ground Mow with an awful force
Workmen and others who watch-
ing the construction work, held
theii breath during the descent of
this cage or elevator, because Jim
Anderson, foreman of the brick
work was known to be on the ele-
uator.
With a presence of mind po'
sessed bv few under such danger
ous circumstances, Anderson grab-
lied the second floor joists and
swung on as the cage was coming
down, ln the fall Anderson’s legs
were badly mashed, but in that
condition he held on until rescued
by fellow workmen. Although
badly bruited, Mr. Anderson was
able to walk about this afternoon
and no serious results are antici-
pated. It. was lucky, however,
that there was no one near this
opening, as the smash up was gen-
eral.
severely and dangerously burned. 1^,,. of t,,at department, that
The Doctor reports Mrs funtla *;or car,ying the cotton were
in a very dangerous condition. | m> lt)I)gpr MVailable, and that no
more loans would l*e made. It is
mails this morning at 11o'clock.
Mr. Pucker is secretary of the
Uncle Sam Oil company at tlie
pre-ont time. Before the Isaiks
.(filial company were placed iu the
hands of a receiver Mr. Pucker
was secretary and manager.
For the alleged offense an in-
die meul wa* returned against Mr.
Pucker la*t spring by the federal
giand jury at T«»|>eka. 'N hen the
ca«e came up for (rial last (all a
motion to quash the indictment was
ustnined by Judge Dyer, but
Tucker was held on bond in the
sum of $1o.ihm*.
It was ru uored last night that
Pucker hail l>een indicted and M
fore the grand jury came in this
morning the rumor whs confirmed
by persons closely connected with
the eourt affairs the federal
building. Mr. Tucker said he ex-
pected to he again indicted, as he
bad not l>een given u square deal
at any time.
He denies that there is anythiug
in his company’s books that will
convict him of misuse of the mails.
He said that every tiansaetion of
tlie company was in them just as
it occurred and that the books
were in good shape in every way.
“lf the l»ooks have not been
tampered with since they left my
hands 1 know they will sustain
me,” he said. Mr. lucker said lie
was not discouraged and that even
a term in the penitent iaiy w ould
not destroy his ambition. He
said that he would succeed with
his company, handicap or no hand-
icap.
“Standard vs. Llncle Sam,’’ the
title of a book written Gy Mr.
Tucker while he was in the
icavenworth county jail, was pub-
I'hed yesterday morning and will
Is-sent to the stockholders of the
Uncle ^am X)il company. It is
said that it will not lie sold or al-
owed to be circulated outside of
the company’s stockholders.
ln this liook, it is said .Mr.
Pucker lays liare die methods em-
ployed by the Standard Oil Com-
pany to crush smaller coueerns.
i more loans wouio or
Every now and then some over- I ^ ^ Um||s noW am»unt
sensitive individual imagines that I tliftn #75>UOO)(Mhi. Local
trying to land | ^ OVpr „lP ^uth have
h newspiipor \»
’ • , I vH II Ka nM
r-rr .......
---- . |cause of the collapse of the
fault, bemuse lie did not read the movement
nri.cle light or only read a part of B ,em t,|lnk tliat
it. \N e liave beard it said that at
the fact tliat cases coming up be-
one place in the Bible, it nay*: L ^ ,)uVMj indicatert that
I'lie author has made a study of
the oil business for several yeurs
and is conceded to Ije well inhum-
ed on the subject on which he has
written.
In this bonk, it is said, Mr
Tucker ui.dei lakes to prove that
the present prosecution of the Un-
cle Sam Oil company was instiga
ted by the Standard Oil company.
“Thou fool.” and if a mm stops
he decides all these. The great
then, of course lie can take it as | q{ ^ however,
personal. However, if he "ill go I trjpd ^{orv jurips. Thealmve
on a little tarthei In* »i *. • t ia 11S simply jgiven, l>e(*wuwe we heart
it s the other lellow w m is * ‘e I woman n,„ke the remark that the
fool, and what at tirst was ton I turned a certain gentlemen
de.nned is now commended. L, who had been charged with
lheretore.il nt an) tune in | 1 pe,lin|g liquor, when it was iu fact,
hereafter you see something that I tpm|> Mnd thpsf mPn by the
g«ts a little next to >oui ton wpj_hing of the evidence had found
science, read on and make your-
A large number of Sapulpa peo-
ple are vitally inlerested in this
caseastheie is quite a few with
large blocks of stock in tne Uncle
Sam Oil com panv. So far as js
known noueof Tuckeis taniks have
been received here yet.
self believe that it i.s meant for
your neighbor. It will do you
good liesides helping you.
Several Oklahoma City parties
were in Sapulpa yesterday bguring
on business propertv. NN hen seen
hy a Ib.'its kai man they were on
a deal for certain Main Street
pro|>erty ami will return here early
next week.
him “not guilty.
It is said that the Frisco will
make a still further reduction in
their force here and all along the
line, eitner today or tomorrow,
and that it will include men in all
departments of the railioa service
from the office men to the section
men
See Farnham for real estate, tf
* 9
Eggs Maine so high in New
York this fall tliat it caused a
stream of imports to set in froiu
England. The blessed taiitf, of
cour*e, got in its work on these
eggs laid by foreign pauper labor,
but it did no gorsl by way of pro-
tection on account of the Ameri-
can hen Mng so badly Irehmd in
her work.
Dr. Seibert Osteopath, over
Oostotfice.
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