Creek County Courier (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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Creek County Courier
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The Bo-ir<l of County 1 onnni*,iont i
•net pursuant to adjournment
meeting June 21. mio Th«>*.
W. O Baker. M. A Children* and 1
O Shannon. Commissioners and L C
Harnws. Deputy County Clerk M**t
ing i» railed to order bx tV O Rikre
Chr
TV«» n . . ,r*i»n «>f the cleanest
Ihe aspnt mils for Sapnlpa
City anil Sapul|s« Township not is \ -t
having licen hied in th* ('onnty Clerks
office nothing was done m the matt, ?
of equalizing for 1910
Depository bund of the Guarantee
State Bank of Kiefer is approved
Bond of Kansas City Bridge < • f r
completion of bridges under contract
oxer Sand and Skeeter Creeks in the
amount of #2060 00 is apr>r aed.
All bridge companies that have con
candidati for District
disti ,ot. (osirye L
i t 'apulpa. is a mail moot fav
known in Okmuigee Judge
*■ ••" b;m es Hn attorney at
'I'eaks in the
i as an a*?nrp»«v
> of his old Mi
t* >«k of him in
ie<i.nl in Okla
>ne of excepional snic- '
in the very highest e*
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JIHflER IV MPIIPA
^ I Davis, wife and two chihl
ren arrived in Sapulpa tin latter pert
of last week from Thayei. Mo. and ip
I the future they will make this their
I home. Mr Davis is a brother cf
•bulge J >siah G I>avis and was indue
j ed to enme here by the Judge and pnt
| in a Jewelry store He ha* secured a
tract* for Bridges in Creek County are ! *ra<,e n building formerly occu
hereby notified to proceed with work ?.,ed b' the rvrramer Millinery e** ib
arcordin*- to contract and to make | !l<hn,f'nt “*'1 '* now awaiting the ar
rival of hi* new stock of fixture* ai d
I Jewelry The room will lie rem, de l
|e.| and Mr Da* is expects to put m a
first da
shipmem t the earl est pj
On motion cf I, O. Shannon Boa'd
is adjourned at 3 o'clock to »neet to
morrow, 2Sth inst at i* A M
W O. Baker, Chr.
Attest:
L C Hamev>.
Deputy Counts Clerk.
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Office of the County Chuk ('reek
County, Sapulpa, Oklahoma Tuesday.
June 2S. 11*10 9:30 A M
Those present \\ O Baker. M A.
Childress and L. O. Shannon. Coni
mieionen. ami Aimer Bruce, County
Clerk. The meeting is called to order
by \\ O. Baker. Chairman
The Sapulpa City assessment roll nut
yet having been received the lioard is
adjourned to9:H0A. M Wed.. June
20, 11*10.
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Office of the Clerk. 9 :’>0 A M June
20, 1910.
Those present same as yesterday.
The meeting is called to order l»v
W. O Baker. Chr
On motion of L. O. Shannon the
tune for termination of the rental con
tract by and lietween Bates B Burnett
and Cre**k County for rooms No. 102 &
11*3 in the Burnett Bldg is herebv e:,
tended to the termination of L. B
Jackson's present term of office a-
County Attorney
The Sapulpa City assessment roll i>
turned ox-er to the Board and no*
bavig licen properly equaliz'd and cer
tifie*! by the City board is returned *o
the assetaor for adjustment
store He was local watch
inspector for the- Fri»eo a* Thaver to?
a number of years and com*?* to Sap
u'pa highly rei'oinmended The new
establishment will he opened up mint
time lietwec.n the ,.f Julv and t. •
1st of Allg’l't
lREEK COIVTY CROPS GOOD
Report* from the various sections of
Creek county are to the effect that
crojis of all kind* are in excellent con
dition and indications are that this
will lie a banner crop year for Creek
county Fanners all over the county
are jubilant over the prospects and are
building their hopes very high Cotton
and corn have the largest acreage of
crops in this section of the state
LEAD MINE NEAR DEPEM
WHICH SHAH IT PE?
“'huM tl’e p*s<p'* rub the railro d or
hal1 the railroads rule the pe.>p). '
■''ii I ,i i|ue*tii n h is igitated the mird
if thn public for tbs' e many vears It
tptertai'i-1 ip n dlv when the
Vii.eru ap r*- >rJ* • ill u* -mg pjb
.. *... .v,ip ,n Populism
ft \\a« 1 nti 'ta.'i'rd seriously when a
tVm r*t itic c institutional c'inventitiB
de lartsl in I'M? tlist the railrovls
»h >u!d ,h* • tha ’aw and that the pea-
p’e *h >ul:l bo s ip:vno tp. Oklahoma
ft ii being entertained a* a
BRIDGE BONDS
ARE APPROVED
b Brpiu^ B.,.n 1 i« i« of i'OO on. o*
foccutly viitul hv the citir»»n*. of Ci»ek
uouoty and authorized by the C’ourity
com.nis.loners ha* Uen app,s>\,sl bv
Attorney General West The Hum)*
have lieen sold to the hrm of Sjieer A:
Dow of Ft. Smith Ark who will ie-
v>tal d commission rf P'.av* OOfordii-
|ll tioM a* Judge H > >k i*.ui v hi* foil
eral ca»H (WlariPg tha* mtlroad* shall
h i' e un pi '-t ‘ >n > I p> ver t > ignore an\
or all *t.i*e laws
In every p ditica* tiiftle that has
Is ‘*n fought *n Ok I ah uni the railroads
have taken a hand I'hev oppised the
inauguration of *tatehi*sl. They
pistng of the sam The payment* on
the Immls will fie made on July 1st.
loth. Aug. 1. Sept I, Out. 1. The
r.rxt two will tie for #w.V<HX>. ami the
last three xxill !*■ for Cit'.ikit* 00. It is
hoped that thx <'oimnis»i»»nres will ra*h
the work on the hridg**s just as soon as
the fund* are availatiie The building
; f • lght tor the e'ection of a Republican of ,h** n,,w bpt<lk,c,‘ will put the streams
pstitutiona! <. invention knowing the the coitntv in condition for tetter
impossibility of th-ir oatrolling a "wds and will put Creek county in the
c invention <1 unin ite,l t»y a Detnorrn 1 with 'A03*1 roadft of eountkn »n
tic maiority. They sent their n >blest r^,*! eastern part of the State,
attorney to the convention as a dele . *
gate from Logan county, and through
the subtle agency of Henry Asp they
sought to write the constitution of Ok-
lahoma. Thwarted in th* convention
they asked the |ieop*e to reject the con
stitution».ind reject rtatehood. in order wounded
hut the golden era of railroad domic
itsin might not I* brought to a clone
When the constitution he* ante effect-
ive at the .wlvont of -tstehond th« peo
pic c.rne inf i their *iwn. The rail-
• wills I" t for a seas'Si their govern
ANOTHER SHOOTING AT KEEFER
Kiefer was the scene of another shoot
lrg \*!ray last Sunday evening in
which L> K Ha'lt-y. an alleged joint
keeper \x as seriously if not mortally
Hailey, the wounded man.
if ipenis had charge of a joint which
h eal officers were raidmg He refused
to let the nlace Am raide*l w ithout a
search x» arrant The officers insisted
and Jiailev drew a gun and took a shot,
at Deputy Marshal Wilder which did
SENATOR TIIOS. I‘. GORE
(lisclosiufif a Atternptml RriLery Sfory.
Wl,„ caused a Monster .Scuss.ion to Wa.hto^cu Saturday b>
I tration the state has pn-speied s* it
never prosjicreil before And the rail
, roads themselves shared m this pr*
' pcritv
,. . . . „ Hut in spite uf the fact that the peo
pie were prospering ind that the rail
roads were sharing in this prosperity,
in spite of t h s fact that twelve new
ipl- |*.wei and *»s-aiue at once the not take effect Wilder in turn return
•ervaats oMh^eopI* Freight rates' «d Ibe tn Um Ml aCnkiag Ha
the month, knot king out several of hi*
upper teeth and breaking his jaw.
Wilder is now in th* Tu'sa h**sp'ta! in
a critical condition.
EXAMINES TREXSIRERS Of MCI
Deputy stat*- K\aimner nt,d ln*p*-c
tor E A Edmondson vx.is her*- Toe*-
day an*l AVednesday checking up the
office of County Treasurer The woik
was completed in two day* anil every
thing found perfectly satisfactory. In
some of the counties it has l*en tukirn:
Jam •
the shaft sunk in search of lead six
miles east of town W ednesday and
they tell n* that they are down tvvoh-et
in the lead and no indication yut a* t*>
j how deep the vein really is going to
run It ha* licen tested and shows M2 ^lw requiring the same to lie done
1 pe, cent pme or two per cent letter Ivast two times a y**ar
than the Joplin lead. ____
W’r saw some samples that had been
taken out the shaft and it links g- nd
to ns
This will cause our psrt *>f the coun-
trx to boom some Now if we can g-‘t
him from 10 days to 2 weeks to do tic
Th<> Independent editor talked with a 1 **ork which lie did here in two
couple of men who are interesteil in 'Gys and after completing the job he
commended Deputy Treasurer J > • *
for the excellency of the condition of
the office This is the sixth time in 31
months that the Examination ha*
lieen made of the Treasurer's office, the
at
The hoar*] .idlourned at 12 o'clock
noon to nmet Tueadav. July orh, l!»l(*
at 1 30 F» M.
W. O Baker. Chr
Attest
Abner Bmce, County Clerk.
Hospitality.
Hospitality: Regarded as a aaered
duty by the savages of America until
the Invasion of European mamers
Still pracileed by Scotchmen In comic
operas —Cberlea \arrcj
WHFRE DO THEY STAND?
Upon what theory are we to under
*fatid the silent ac*pii«cence of tTe
Republican party in the nefarious
Hook decisions.' Are they so c,.ni
pletely dominated by the railroad in-
terest* that they are powerless to pro-
test against the infamy Are thev so
prejudiced against the Constitution
rety valu:« have increased wonderfully 1 ,*le' r^e exploitations of
since the discovery of lead
It will be easy to get if to the surface
a few drill* to sinking hole* in the
ground and are successful in striking
oil or gas we w ill get up and go
some
Great excitement prevails and prop
I AVlNPHRT IS HISY
Vinita. Okla June 2**. 1910
S. Ivavenport
fruin th*- Thirl Congressional District
of Oklahoma, returned to-day from a
trip through Wagoner. Wugk .ge»*. Se
ijuoyah and Adair Counties, and re
port* that in the counties visited bv
him everything is in good sh^ie. and
hTJTinany friends assure him that he
will carry the counties by larg*’ major-
ities.
From all over the Di-.*rict he is re
ceiving letter* a*snring him of the sup
I ort of the Deunx rats at jh*’ | riinary
Ho i* trving in every way to reach
thepeopir and adv ise them he is a ca*1
didate He will spend the remainder j
f the vxeek in Cherokee and Ottawa!
Counties, after which tinv> he will g',i
to Washington and the southwest !
Counties for a thor >ugh campaign
Mr Davenport i* only -peaking at ’
picnic* and public gath'tin;- but de i
ores to met t all the voters an I i* readv i
and willing to answer any and all
question* a* to hi* p >*ition upon any
public que*tion
Four negroes have filed for tepresent
NEW MEMBER ELECTION BOARD
Ed C Reynold.* has been appointed
a member of the County Election
Board to fill the place of Geo. Ripley
who has resigned. Mr Ripley lieing'
. the jssoplc that the omstitutioo may I ative in counties that are safely Rep | a candidate for the office of County I
Ihe shorn ct its strength? Are they i ublican. Tho negroes d minute the Treasurer was disqualified to fill the
a* it is down only 47 feet to where the
find was made.
More r*'iipani,* are lieing formed
and shaft* will become numerous ir. a
shoit time Pejiew Indejiendent.
•OHOHOHOH. »C*O0O0C*CWD0O» W ♦ +L • )HOHO«0«C ♦ j
iThe Right Clothes Always:
Men’s Nobby Suits—The Better Kin J
$15.00, $18.00, $20.00, $22.50 and $25 00
———m—*——m—i i ■ ■ s .... —• *■ ■ i
Men’s Shoes —
kneeland & Barrv Makes
$3.50, $4.00 and $5.00
Men’s Straws—$2.50 and $3.00
Panamas—$5.00 to $10.00 _
Eagle Shirts
and Cluett Shirts—$1.50 others $1.00
Underwear—
Underbought, Undersold—25c to $3.00
1 SEE US FIRST C
Max Meyer
hier” 8
Sapulpa, Oklahoma f
^mo90909omcmo909cm
“The Popular Cloihier
• Cor. Dewey and Waler Sts.
careless of public robbery, whenever
■ that robbery tend* to obstruct Democ-
ratic administration ' **r i* *i'ei t
acquiescence in railro.nl pillage one of
the condition* impo>*d hv the rail
road* when they fir*t began to finance
the Republican campaigns?
But while the rgal cause of the *i
lence i* conjectual. the silence it*e!f i*
open a* tie *kie- The plundering of
the state g'»e* ruthlessly on, but th*' -1
, lence i* yet unbroken The Santa le
raise* all il* freight rate*, and no wind
of protest come* from any Kepuhih-en
source The Kafy rai*e* if* freight
rate* and ill Republican* silently nc
quisce The Frisco rai*e* it* freight
rate* and the while Republican aggie
gation i* as silent as the seven
I of Hell. The seme party
unadulterated Hade* when a Democra
tic administration a] propriatid monev
. to build an a.*v luin for the in-ane d •* -
not in the pr**ent ensi* record a -in-
gle pmt*'*t when the railroM<ls inaugu-
rate one of the boldest schem**, of Inr
cenv that ever disgraced (tod's earth
Let the People Know" that in this
cucial hour no RepubJii an candidate
i* an a*lv locate of the people’s right*.
“Let the People Know" that no Re
publican j«>litici<m in Oklahoma is de
fending the people's unv. Let the
People Know “ that the Republican
press of Oklahoma is too busy denoun
cing the local school tax to ivoriv
about lailr-md extortion.
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Knowledge.
Knowledge le like a current coin. A
tr.an Is partly Justified In feeling
proud to possess It, tf he hlmrelf
worked on the gold and tiled to coin
It, or. at least, If he honestly obtained
l» ns already tried and tee*ed. But
when he did not do anything, but
simply received II from seme passer
by who had thrown It at his face,
whst ground has he then to be preud
uf It?—John Huaklu.
Republican pirty in th >*e same c< un
ti'shy heavy majorities Unless the
grandfather clans*'' carries, these
negroes will -it in the next lrgi-li
tore One negro in the last legisla
ture. four in the next With negro
representative, increasing ■ »k) per cent
it will take a hint lour vear* to elect a
negro majority in the -tafe legi*latnre.
BOY’S HAND SHOT 0FE
By the premature explosion of a dy-
namite cap Gerald Terry a ten year
old youngster who lives in the eastern
lines of ruilroail are under const ruction P*4r? Sapulpa suffered the Km of his
and Oklahoma is building more rail- left han,i Young Terry and some
i .ads than almost an other state; in other hoys -erurad the caps, ,-elebrat
spite of the fifty thooar n 1 majority re I '"K Fourth in advance with the a
centl'y cast in favor of mstaiatng the I h°r® results,
constitution the railroad* appeal to a
federal judge for the power to legally ENttES"IA*S6H
plunder the people and they do not! Mr Farl F.ngles and Miss Lillie
appeal in vain Judge Hook, with Lawson were married at the Buptint
cheerful complacency prevents the roods Church Wednesday evening at 8 HO
with a taxing power as absolute as The church was beautifully decora*
that enjoyed bv Nicholas of Ru-o-i-j. <xl in Ferns As the strains of the
•r the -nit ,n ,,f Turkev THE ORLY I wevlding msn*h f**D upon the ears
LIMIT TO THE TAXING POWER flic audience played by Mrs. Fisher,
OF THE OKLAHOMA RAILROADS the bride and groom came slowly up
IS THE LIMIT OF’ THF1 PEOPLE'S the aisle to the alter where they were
ABILITY TO PAY THE FREIGHT mada ona. The seating capacity of the
R ATE i church was crowded Rev Conkrigbt
---- officiating The boat wishes of their
many friemh are extended.
For 9or« Throat.
The eld fashioned remedy of apptr*
lag a cold compress is one of tha
best that can be used for sort throat.
To make it. a bandage, such as a
folded handkerchief, is wet in cold
water and w rung—not very dry It la
then bound around '.be throat and
over it entirely to cover the wet cloth
a flannel is securely pinned to keep
It In place No part should be left
exyosed or 'he sir striking the akin
through It. »ii make the cold worse*
office of the Election Board Mr Rey-
nolds received his commission as a
member of the Board the first week
from the State Election Board
(•cl h.dU, he Hr Mil** Anti Pain Pill*
• •OHOHOHOHOHC^JHOHOHOHOROHOHOHOHOR •C«r * +0*'+ *0*0
The Spng In Wit.
In th*4 midst of 'he fountain of wit
« »rls -s somethin* bitter, which
,:ig* in the very flowers.—Lucretius
5
Removal Sale
Civilization Advancing.
The Introduction of fried straw-
berries marks the furthest reach of
circle* j civilization. When people (rave a dell-
thaf raised C£U V ,!* * desecration of all that
Is frerh and sweet and wholesome In
the natural life, they are far, far
gone in civilization —St. Louis Post-
Dispatch.
I he liig Sale is still on at the
*‘MckIBBEN” Store--I; very
article in the bright, new spring
stock must go at slaughtered
price*, as We move to our now
Dewey Avenue Store about
July 1.
Come this week, you’ll save
money on your summer buying.
Everything that’s new in dry
goods. Ready-to-wear, furnish-
ings and shoes.
McKibb.
J»S. S. DlUXroHUOPOXWlLjS
iens
l?] South Main St. Sapulpa, Oklahoma
“A Little More for a Little Letts’!
•o*♦ '•o* • jeoen#n#ri#.
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