County Democrat-News (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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COUNTY DEMOCRAT-NEWS
. VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 22
Surreyir lo Kiefer Chronicle. Tri-Countv News. Creek Countv Republican
SAW I-1*V OKLAHOMA. TUI R>l>AY. EKURI \KY 2H. l'K2\
REFINERY TO
START AGAIN
SMS REPORT
Must Solve Crude Oil
Supply Problem Before
Plant Resumes.
•2.00 PER YEAR
Bristow Capitalizes Faith in Symonds and Profits by It.
ACQUIRES ACREAGE
Hepreaenlatis* Here Brent It Said to
Hitt OMiinot Htttnl (nnlrarta,
HtlittH Finuriil Arrancrmeet*
Practically I’trlfftol for Mutual to
Taka Over All I'raprrtm.
;
M*n's faith in man hap proven on#
of th* moat valuable ****** in luyuf-
Hatinf the Flnrt tSate bank at Bria-
tow.
Several we#k* a^o, when the Firat
State bank, with over $**W,000 on d*-
po*it* fail**), the eiti*»n«hip of Bn«-
tnw, almoat to a man, turned to Wal-
ter S. Symond* a* the man of the
hour.
Bristow capitalized ft* faith In Sy-
mondp, and the dep«>«iton of the fail-
ed hank, through an idea developed by
him, have reamed about 1784,0001
from the wre« k They received M per
cent of their depo*it« thie week, and
Symond* it now pre«ident of the Bris-
tow community hank, formed by de-
positor* of the failed Firat State, with
a paid up capital of $.50,000 and a mr-
plu« of 812,500.
Symond* it the man who did thi«. j
He did not do it for the money there ■
waa ill it. hut for the good of the com- 1
munity. Hit pay wa* «mall, compared
with the tenrice he rave—I2.S0 a
month. And the depositor*, mind you, j
did not pay thi*. The **pen*e of j
liquidafin* thia hank waa defrayerl by
the Rri«tow chamber of romnm*rr#, hut
that body rive* Walter Symond* cred-
it for workinr out the plan by which
*alvar*d {
for the depoaitort.
The failure of the Find State hank
was a financial «en*ation. Ita pat
ron* were mostly warn earner*, and
they stood to lo*e their all, and would
have loat most of it ordinarily. But
Briatow i« not an ordinary town, nor [
The Sapulpa refinery. according to
present indications, will resume opera-
tions in a abort time Little ha, bm
received her, from the racant meet
mg of ilirytari of th* Sapulpa Refin-
ing company to ronndtr th, pmpsal
of th. Mutual Ort company. but what approiimauiy |75o‘nOO »».
information has filtered through is to
th, ,ff#ct that an agiv*m,nt ha. prac
tically ben reach*!. and a* anon aa
details are perfected th, plant, will
b, reopened
A representative of th. Mutual Oil
company waa recently in Sapulpa
Hta misaian waa to acquire mor, pro- t, W,|t,r Symonda an ordinary man
*artion. and it la aatd be closed win, Th,rr w,r, two factor, th, ilrpo.it-
eontrart. for acreag, that will h, ora in their grief over th, spilled
4,r,|.ip,d by th, nrw ownrr. of th, beans did not. at firat. tak, into con-
refinery. It la Mid he ..1 ured 400 sideratinn But now they ar, singing
“•f** ,n Uraak county, but that mor, a marry tun, with thair loat savings
la needed, and whan thia ia contracted thair favorite lay
for. which will aolr, th, crude oil
problem for th* plant. *v,rything will
ha read) for it to reaum, operation.
It ia nndaratood th, general office*
of th, refinery, which ware recently
aaoeed to Tulaa by the receiver,, will
be reopened here when plana a re per-
fected for the reaumptinn of opera
Ilona. Some of the old man. It ia eaid.
have received word to hold themaelvea
ready for an aarty call, but no date
haa been mentioned for the men to re-
port for work.
The plant must be overhauled and
a aupply of erode must be run Into
the tanka, aa the oil on hand when the
plant closed down has been sold to
ether companies.
The last offer of the Mutual
W ALTER S. SYMONDS
President of the I immunity Rank
H, I apitslued an Idea That Saved BraidcnU of Bristow IT'id.ftnii
DISTRICT COURT
JURY Ft M) IS
FAHAUSTED.
The jury fund for the district court
la conipli-tsly exhausted, according to
th, county rldrk. In fnct, the county
still owes for some at the meal, fur-
nuhed the last jurors to aerva In that
court. The fund haa been low for
some time, and the last term of court
completely exhausted it.
Judge Speakman haa ordered the
WO Boys and Girls
Enroll for Club Work
at Sapulpa Meeting
The Sapulpa district meeting of
school boya and girl, Tuesday re-
sulted in the enrollmant of 400 or
morr new members, bringing the total
for f'reek county to more than 2,000
thus far thia year.
The meeting, which waa held at the
Sapulpa high school, waa well attend
ed. Members of the Sapulpa Cham
ber of Commerce, assisting in the
Earl Tankersley Is
Chairman of Fourth
District Democrats
When the hank failed the director*
°f the chamber of commerce called a
• perial meet mg They appointed a
committee to go with Symonds to Ok-
lahoma City. They asked Governor
Trapp to appoint Symonda liquidating
agent. The governor acted on the
suggestion.
Now the governor ha« requested the
•tot# bank commissioner to adopt th,
asm, policy followed at Bristow in the
liquidation of all failed state hank*.
He regards the Bristow plan aa one
that will save milliona of dellara to
depositor* throughout th* state.
Th, chamber of commerce appoint-
ed a committee to cooperate with Sy-
monda when he hegan to list th, as-
set* and liabilities of the First State
hank. Officers of the American Na-
tional and First National hanks gave
their aid in thia work The biggest
job Symonda had waa to "unscramble"
th, affairs of th, faded hank When
he had don, this be tri»d to *,11 it.
hut there was no one willing to as-
sume the burden.
Just what th# asset* are. Symond*
did not any. Thi* i* a matter for the
governor, a matter of information he
will give out. There was much guild
paper in th# wreck. -Symonds haa col-
lected in $1.10.000 due the failed bank
He has classified the paper Some of
thi*? he says, is worth 100 cent* on
the dollaa. «ome of it about 50 rents,
and some of it isn't worth the paper
the notes are made on.
When he failed to pswldle the bank
to some one. George Rullington. a de-
positor, suggested a community bank
The idea appealed to Symonda, and he
hegan to work out plans. He sold the
idea to Bn-atow and the capital atock
of $50,000 waa subscribed in two days.
The plan wa* simple It wa* merely
I Continued on Page Fight»
STOVER TO BUILD
813,000 HOME ON
SOUTH OAK.
COUNTY OK'S
TRAPP'S PLAN
FOR HIGHWAY
\a
er>
nor
Meeting
Outline** Gover-
Croposal to l^irge
Here
a meeting of democrat* repre- Ground wa* broken Monday for
| court clerk to draw a panel of 40,
fori veniremen for his court, aa he has *ork. furnished car* to bring the chil
aenting the counties of the Fourth
congressional district at Holdenville
Tuesday. Earl Tankersley of this city
waa elected chairman. The conven-
tion also went on record a* favoring
R. U Davidson of Tulsa for chairman
of the democratic state central com-
mittee.
Ralph Robertson, Creek county
handsome new home for O. P Stover.
It will be on the southeast corner of
South Oak and Thompson, and will
cost about $13,000.
F. E. Shafer is the contractor in
charge of construction.
The house will be two stories and
basement. On the firat floor will hr
located the living room, dining room.
the property waa 50 per cent, which
was accepted by a committee repre-
senting 70 per rent of the creditors.
Closing of th* deal haa been delayed
ia th* attempt to line up the other
creditor*, hut it seems practically set-
tled that this offer will be taken and
atock will be isaued creditor*. The
first offer was 13 per cent, which was
several caaea he would like to dis-
pose of, but there are no funds to pay
them.
Th# superior court jury fund also
is running low. It is said there ia
dren from the outlying school dis-
tricts into the city E. A Kitairk.
county agent, and Miss Edith Huffer,
home demonstrator, worked out the
progrsm.
about enough money for another jury '
term, but that little will be left, if
any. if jury cases are tried at the
March term of Sapulpa superior court.
refused, and a new offer wa* then which opens next Monday.
submitted. ___-
Th# directors met in Chicago Feb.
II, to consider this offer, which haa
been checked to them by th* credit-
ors' committee.
CHILDREN OCT OF SCHOOL;
FATHER TO BE PROHEAT TED
Fred Hall, truant officer, has filed mad* for the term, but there is con-
ga information with th* county at- aiderable business that can be han-
torney against a man named Webster, died without a ducket until on* ia
for refusing t* tend his children to made up.
ecbool. Webster haa four children of Judge Smith will close the February
school age. and when th* truant of- term of superior court at Drumright
fleer advised him he must send them Saturday, and when the term ends
to arbool th* father refused to do to. the docket will be practically cleared.
The children ar* three girl*, aged 14. There will be a few hang over case*.
11 and $ and a hey t years old. but non* of any Importance.
Before th# high school meeting. Mr.
Kissick ami Miss Huffer visited two
city schools and enrolled several boys
and girls at each.
The boy* and girls from the rural
districts were accompanied by their
teacher*. After luncheon the meet-
ing was called to order and each dis-
trict waa organised into two clubs,
on# for th* boys and one for th* girl*.
They will follow a stated program in
| their work, directed by the teachers
and sponsored by a member of the
u.~k v v, . , . . “ ) chamber of commerce.
March 3> No docket haa yet been
Superior Court Meets
Here Monday, March 3
room and sun
porch. On the second floor will be
three bed rooms and bath.
Excavation for the basement and
foundation i* being made, while the
rontractor is assembling material for
the building.
kiwanis Club Names
March 15 Arbor I)a\
The March term of Sapulpa super-
ior court convene* next
This was the largest meeting of its
kind ever held in Creek county. A
similar meeting is scheduled for Bris-
tow in a short time, at which it is be-
lieved from 400 to 500 boy* and girts
will be enrolled, which will carry the
total club membership to considerably
more than 2,000.
'••‘HP Xaqj Xsss »qj ,<q [j»j u»-> no ^
P»0 Hi tsnji vus-iuauiy miiioo ;q
hairman, who was unable to attend kitchen, breakfast
th# meeting, was represented by R. E.
i’"pkin of this city.
Hay Youngblood of Shawnee was
named vire chairman and Grady Web-
star of Okrmah secretary-treasurer
Through hi* elevation to the dis-
trict chairmanship, Earl Tankersley.
who Is secretary of the Creek county
democratic organisation, becomes a
member of the state executive com-
mittee. This is the first time Creek
county has had representation on that
important committee.
County Chairman Robertson. Tan-
keraley and other Creek county demo
crata are in Oklahoma City to repre-
sent the county at the meeting of
the state central committee Satur-
day, when a new chairman ia to be
selected. The fight against Ed Sea-
mans is such it ia freely predicted
that he will not succeed himself,
though he has many warm friends in
Creek county.
The Holdenville meeting, according
to report, was harmonious, the reso-
lutions being adopted without a dis-
senting vota.
The Sapulpa Kiwanis club ha*
named March 15 as Arbor Day, and on
that occasion the club will give 150
tree# to resident* of the city who will
plant and care for them.
The club haa purchased 150 trre*
for this occasion, and if this proves
successful $t will continue to this cus-
tom. One of the needs of Sapulpa, as
many see it, is shade tree*, aid tj;e
Kiwanis club will undertake to create
a sentiment for this civic improve
meat
The Kiwaman* will have the co-
operation of the rity officials and all
other civic organisations in this proj-
ect.
WA.NTSSTATE FIND
Proposes t« Take Part of Gasoline and
Auto Ta* to Matrk Federal Aid sad
I’romote Koad i onsiruction on More
( ooiprehensile Scale—Bill Now Be-
fore Oklahoma legislature
A representative gathering of busi-
ness men in the court house last Fri-
day went on record as approving Gov-
ernor Trapp's proposal to reorganise
the state highway department and
create a state fund to have federal
sid restored in Oklahoma.
A set of resolutions endorsing the
governor's policies jn this direction
were adopted following a short talk
by Cyru# W Avery, who becomes
•tate highway commissioner March 1.
These resolutions memoralixe the leg-
islature to enact a bill now pending,
which proposes to place the highway
department upon a better plan than
it has ever held in Oklahoma.
The governor proposes a law creat-
ing a non partisan highway commis-
sion of three men. These men would
administer the affairs of the depart-
ment for the benefit of the state, us-
ing a fund created through absorp-
tion of the auto tax and 50 per rent
of the gasoline tax. which prohabaly
wdl be raised to 2 rents a gallon.
Thus th# state would have a fund
of $3,OOG.riO(> to $:..000.000 a year ta
devote to repair* and build new state
highway* through th* state.
Under the present law the highway
department has a payroll of about
5250,000 a year. Its chief duty ia to
collect th* automobile tax. deduct 10
per rent to defray departmental ex-
penses and remind the remainder of
the fund to the counties.
Thu, Mr. Avery said, could be don*
by clerk*, and unless something is
done to make the highway department
an effective state bureau, he will re-
fuse to accept the appointment. He
called attention to condition* existing
in the state; how the highway com-
missioner is dismissed at the will of
the governor, making it impossible to
plan any effective campaign, even if
he had th* funds to make his depart-
ment function in a constructive way.
The duties of th* department. Mr.
Avory said, i* purely clerical.
"If we had a commission, function-
ing for th* welfare of the people in-
stead of a a a political bureau! if sr*
had funds to make thr depart man t a
business enterprise, such as it should
be. we would step into Creek county,
where you have a mad building pro-
gram. lay th* money on the barrel
head to match federal aid. and tell you
to go ahead That ia th* sort of a
commission we must have before ws
can make much progress in road
building."
Creek i* the first county to go on
record as favoring th* governor’s
highway plana. It would takr from
this county shout $70,000 a year in
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SAPULPA BATTLES OKLAHOMA CITY
FOR BASKETBALL TITLE HERE NEXT
FRIDAY NIGHT; BOYS CONFIDENT
t
What premise* to to the meet spec-
tacular tontottoM affray ever staged
la echadulnd fur Friday
a tto tom* team eleaaa with
City far tto rtete champ-
Ml rf
*f tto
hot on*, and the contenders come to
Sauplpa with a fine record.
Sapulpa won every game in th*
eastern conference, while Tulsa lost
hut one. The Jonesmen mad* a great
hettl* for tto title in this conference
and hy defeating Okmulgee by tto
»m utolwlng score of 10 t* t Friday
af hit week, tto boya go Into tto title
dash with every confidence.
■Me lapulpa was tiuanchMt Ok-
muigo* M to 0, Thlaa
togue and takes the
<toj$»Mday^ ^ ^
M to 11
«*m tit CMtaali Muhd ■ Bmu Im M t^fHt IH •« Mb*
sttssrsass sr- *
Joe Kobinaon was born in Arkan-
sas. He waa educated in that state
and has been prominent in politics
for a good many years. He showed
his calibre before he went to the
United States senate. H* ia recog-
nised as one of the big men in the
democratic party and ia tto minor-
ity floor leader.
Seastor Robinson haa staged
some memorable forensic battle*
with tto opposition on tto floor of
tto koua*. and haa always mar*
thaa told hia own la detoto. He
matoa tto mntHiia equina, and
to mw wad H ta tottwatoaa£
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THT
Forbes and ia otherwise giving th#
public the kind of service they pay
for but seldom get from a pabtic
official. He has fought corruptoin
all his life, and ia lending a well
trained mind to the democratic
minority in th* work of cleaning
boas* for tto Coolidg* administra-
tion.
SEN ATOR OWEN OPENS FLOOD G ATES
FOR .ASPIRANTS TO TOGA; DECLINES
TO BE CANDID ATE FOR FOURTH TERM
When Senator Robert L Owen an
nounced that he would nut be a can
didate for a fourth term he opened
! th* flood fates that will irrigate the
political aspiration* of numemaa
would like to-bet. Th# senator's de-
Jaat how big a part Senator Rob- ' ciaion waa mad* public Saturday and
inaon has playad ia recent develop- | by Monday there were 10 prospective
- —i—------- democratic wearers ef th* toga in tto
field.
Senator Owen ia tto second United
States senator In two year* who to*
rafuead t* atoa
Sharp WHaaa af
*MMd to augu airidi
FH^UMf to I* MV
UatoM MM Taas* CRy.
mm m a MMrihT^wTlu^to’Ma
toWIblMi
meets ia Washington may ■ |_
to known, but to la a Weodrew WU-
M democrat, which la a distinc-
tion th* puhtie appreciates more
aad more aa than pease*, far Weed-
M WOeau steed far tto to* ta
as well. He had been criticised some
for hia recent speech on th* World
war. but thoa* who know him tost
aver thia hast nothing to do with hia
determination ta retire from political
life.
Hi# record ia th* senate, in which
he had served continuously since
statehood, is on* af th* bright spots
la th* history of that body. Ha is a
“* of "•»» *haa ordinary abdMy. a
stadent ef affairs, who stands l'trf
from all taint ta minutiae with aena-
dal ef any wri. Hi* name i* fra* af
Owm 1$ a MM
hta duty $a tto
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Scaggs, E. M. County Democrat-News (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1924, newspaper, February 28, 1924; Sapulpa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1470642/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.