Sapulpa Evening Light (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 92, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 22, 1911 Page: 1 of 4
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The Evening Light Is the Only Daily In S .pulpa Publishing Anything Like 3,000 Copies, All Statements to the Contrary Notwiths
LIGHT
SAPULPA EVENING
Afternoon Edition.
SAPULPA OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 1911.
Four Pages.
WATER CONTRACT IS A GENERAL THEME QUICKSAND WYCKEIFFES WON IN COUNTY SEAT
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CITIZENS DECLARE FOR ACTION NOW “J “J B|
PIUW WILI. CHURN WATER FROM
MANY BIG DF-FI*
WELLS
BENTON am DEAL
sinners were undoubtedly tn favor of
the con tract and would have voted on
it last aight had Commissioner Mur-
phy been present
With the statement that if he could
not get a competent engineer here by
Thunsday to take the contract cheaper
’than Burns and McDonald would, that
he would sign this contract. Mayor
HOSE RESULTS
GOT WAIERalasm m
WED HISS CANADA
. FOR 1 CHANGE
GOOD OUTLAWS ARE GOOD POLITIC
All. STORK!) IV EUCHEE
INTO KARTH AGAIN
WENT
DELAWARE COURT! SB
TENT ORCIORI) IN FA
•F JAT.
4 ontract Snppesed Wo Be Let Tomor-
row and Citlsens All Agree Im-
mediate Work Is Saltation For Oil
Center City.
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4. WHAT COMMISSIONERS DIP 4*
4. 4*
4. The ctty will enter into a 4*
4* contract with some engineer- 4*
4- tng company for construottam 4*
4* of a water works tomorrow. 4*
4* Contract for the buying of a 4"
Although rumors to
were thick Islay, County Attorney
w ______________. , Decker said this morning that the
Denton Cook a move that cloned the sUW(, ^ not yet ready to make an ar-
rest in connection with the finding of | economy,
the coroner's jury ever the bodies of Immediately after the
discussion for the time, and the com
rrumanners gave their pledge that
some contract -would be made ThUrs.
day.
Will Drill Tn«> More Wells
The commissioners last night decid-
ed to enter into a contract for the
drilling of at least two more deep
wells on Euchee creek
The citizens water committee was
instnioted and given power to buy a
I lower pump that they had investigat-
ed, to be used in
I deep wells.
Sap ultras water supply is again
the contrary i temporarily at a low ebb, owing so it
is and, to the peculiar idea entertain-
ed by some member of the city com-
mission regarding what comprise* Canada.
Advocates
United Proa*.
Cordova. Alaska FVb 22.—A move-
ment is profliwvsmg today in Alaska
for annexation of thte territory to1
GEES RESULTS«
i
recent lain,
the two infants found in a well last
week.
Another session of the inquest was
held last night and it is understood
that some startling evidence w as re- j
vealed, but what the nature of it i*
1 so it is stated one of the city offi-
cials conceived the. idea that too much
money for pumping purposes was
bohig expended He figured it out
Unit one or two of the three city
pumping stations could be abolished
for the time being and all the work
assert that the United
States government does not seem dis-
posed to relieve the territory's bur-
dens and annexation seems its only
I hope The movement is gain log the
endorsement of large numbers of
business men throughout Alaska
j done at the old station ait the foot I
can not be learned. of Hickory timet The only drawback
One of the persons towards whom ^ plan seems to be that there'
the pumping of the j evidence seems to lean as being, n<rt enough water at the dam to J
Implicated in the affair arrived in the cover necessities, and so. in order to
DESTROYED BY EIRE
TULSA APPARENTLY T«0 HOT FOR
FAMOUS OUTLAW OF BOOK-
FRINO FARE
Komnatlf Kudin* of a
Brothers Charged With
Were Cleared and Now
Polities of Delaware
Special Staff Ifisiwlcto
4* pump with a capacity of pump- 4*
4» Ing twenty deep water wells 4*
4- be made tonight. 4* Bock creek for about 7 miles and U>
4. At l«*st two more deep water 4* do the same on Euchee c eek.
The city attorney was instructed to ^ fr<>m Okutlonia clo I provide it. the coffer dam at Euchee
rush the condemnation proceedings of • fronl wj,j,ch the city has been getting
a strip 200 feet wide of the bed of Owing to the fact that the eoundy | ^ ^ ^ durlng ,h€ drouth, was!
wide of the bed of Owing to the fact that the county
attorney is involved In a cnse in the
district court that demands all of his
Tulsa, Feb 22.—The decided ten-
dency of the city and county authorl.
ties to do away with the lawless ele-
ment has so far succeeded as to Im-
pair Uie credit of Creekmore, the boss
outlaw of Flos torn Oklahoma, who
lioasts that "Bill” Star and othera of
the less fortunate days were “pikers"
compared with his Influence and
4* wells will be drilled at once.
Burnell Said a Piece
attention, further sessions
4* supply is to be pushed just as 4*
4* fast as human energy can push 4*
+ it +
4-4-4-4* + + + + + + + + + ^*
All these things will be done as
the result of one of the stormiest
meetings of the city commissioners
ever hefld, in session from 8 o'clock
until 11:30 last night
The entire citizens water commit-
tee met with the commissioners and
after disposing of routine business,
the meeting resolved itself into a joint
session for the consideration of tin.
water problem
When Storm Let Loose
The storm broke when a proposed
contract, drawn by the elfv engineer,
city attorney and Commissioner Rice,
with Bums and McDonald of Kansas
City, for the making of plans and
specifications and overseeing the con-
stir ction for a fee of 4 |>er cent of the
cost of the work was introduced.
Every person in the meeting ap-
peared to have different ideas on what
the city should do and for t™ hours
every phase of the contract was dis-
cusser! with Mayor Denton steadily op
posed to entering! into such a con-
tract.
Denton held out for having the
work done cheaper, and some of the
ettizens took sides with him In the
matter, but the majority and the two
commissioners present, Rice and
liowdemdlk. were in favor of this con-
tract and in favor of doing something
right then.
Denton Had a Plan
ITenton told the commissioners that
if they passed such a contract that he
would refuse to sign it The com in la-
ments of many of the citizens la»t,
night when he said that the ctty could ’ ’’s
not afford to loaf any more on this
matter of securing waiter, and that
every hour's delay was suicidal.
The citizens water committee recom
mended to the commissioners last
night that, whem the city entered i..to
a contract for the engineering work,
that the engineers be instructed to
thoroughly investigate the merits
the deep well system.
week.
MONET ID HIS CABIN
I
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an .1* water «!.,.» ...e ........... Kvwwvilie, ,n<1 22 -Fire of a------------- ---------
rut and the store impounded there mysterious oiigin today destroyed the ,.ount when It comes to the handllug
was turned loose, the oiliciul in ques-! four story building occupied by the \,f things unseemly and whose depre-
of the in non entertarning 1 • id. a that the ([olden Cigar factory. The huildi h as an ouriaw have far exeeed-
of Tula* county
a man of consid-
lon tobacco factory bumedi here with- ,• able more meet than brains and one
in two month* The Pend rich com- v hose word is as worthless as hli pro
lect. was the fact that just below the1 ,>anv burned out last December w ith
1 Euchee dam is s stretch of quicksand ja i<«t> of a million dollar*. The
I in which tlhe waters of Kuehee have | American Tobacco company recently
' disnpi>eared from time immemorial, purchased line Golden factory. More
This quicksand, in fact, was the
cause of building the coffer dam
where it was.
The result of the canelees action,
4. The work of securing a water 4* Birch BurnrM expressed the senti- discontinued until after I water thus released would run down was owned by local Gas and Electric „d the boundaries
lQ I into Rock creek and thence to the | company. It Ns the second non-un- ( lt., kmore. withal
| dam at the foot of Hickory street.
But what the official faded to recol-
rnited Press
it)an 350 girls are out of employment
as a result of the conflagration.
is that all the water stored in Euchee
Springfield. Mo.,
I' V. 00 TK.nv- h;ts gone into the quicksands and tihe
Heb. u. inm. ' city is today eompeled to fall back
five thousand dollars were found to-, th<l BUrface water, small
day in a search of the cabin of .lames n nua.11.tity carried by recent rains
Durge, 82, a hermit who Is dying.
GEO. B. COX
STATES!
quantity carried
into Rock creek.
"There's a little money In this cabiu j As soon as the break was dtscov-
v . . ... „| prewl. work was begun rebuilding the
If you hunt, maybe you will fid it ‘
was his dying tip to his neighbors at
the bedside.
Kuehee dam and in a day or two the;
wator situation will he restored to its
former position.
WAGONER PEOPLE FEEL IT
UNREASONABLE AND OF
NO VALUE.
To Have State Ponltrj Show.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Eeb. 22.—Ok-
lahoma county poultry raisers at a
meeting tonight formed an association
and took steps to arrange for holding
a state poultry show in Oklahoma
YATES MURDER TRIAL
IS DEAR CEOSE
INDICTED FOR PERJURY
UNDER POWER OF
COURT
AND
fesslon, has sought to control affairs
in more than one county of the state
Eg today rocking in the cradle of doubt
and his coterie and era seem done
I lor, if the mayor but continue In his
way of operating against the Illicit
I institutions which Creekmore still
I continues to operate, notwithstanding
t they have all been declared Illicit and
| the tied Jawed gambler of Iniquity
| fas been called upon to put up soms
! mighty forfeits of late Creekmore
j has been trying to control the busl
I neis of liad booze and worse beer in
j both Osage and Craig counties, and his
1 ulks as to being safe” have been
; octb loud and long
I The recent outbreaks of authorities
at Tulsa have been somewhat d'«com-
fiting at Tulsa points for Creekmore
whose dens of Infamy have surpassed
anything hitherto started in any see
lion of the Southwest and Uucle Sam
1 is busily engaged gathering Inform.i
Special Dispatch to the Light.
Wagoner, Okla., Feb. 22.—The p©°* j city at the earliest convenient date.
pie of Wagoner, one of the oldest and ___
most substantial cities of Indian Ter-
ritory’s side of the state, take no stock Hoop Here "Hh His Bride
( United Press. j turn that will send ’reekmore back
Cincinnati. Feb. 22.—Geo. B. Cox. home—the federal nen't**, tlary.
1 president of the Cincinnati Trust Co.,! Until recently all of the Tulsa dens
and a Republican lioss. today stands; 0f v|ce have been allowed :o go un-
j— xrd:: ~\;.r
, , Ho n™* tt-.tnesa'gie.id jury which indicted him for'>.Hlorll and Mayor M.irti:\ with the
and the < on-use pi perjury yesterday. Following the In- j fortunes of war decidedly in favor of
,>n iu.t diet men 1 Mr. Cox Issued a statement, t|1(. latter, and Creekmore. with mo-e
The prosecution scored heavily Jti^ ___ _ bate,*!........ m ,h. n™ :„.n ability to keeo
at noon
in the effort to locate a fair in this Hood a well Known younje The DKMCUtion scort-u u«a>»i.> juo*. -------- , ,, A . -___ „
n in thp first nlace the solid ... tratav 1 declaring he had been indicted bofai^ i j -in the fire »hm ability to k©e >
and most substantial citizens of thl.^an of this city who is bookkeeper before near thc , Democratic Judge, by a Democratic hol has be«. betw.V. a fry and stew
section and the surrounding counties, for Max Meyer, has returned to ^ ^ ,„H.W tjP,ttfled ..noecutor, and by a Jury Illegally ilne* ,he war open.d. _ _ _
had heard Mrs. Wadsworth 1 drawn by them.
,ell her husband that, "would got rid Judge Gorman today announced
feel the lack of necessity; secondly, puipa with his bride. Mr. Hoop was ^
they will understand that the agri- marTi^<j ]Mt Monday at Peebles, Ohio,
cultural and commercial Interests of
s lice the war opeued.
His old system of [Hitting up a cash
bond and forfeiting same seems to
Eastern Oklahoma aie of no value to
the agriculturist of the Far West Side,
where the tiller of the soil Is engaged
in cultivating crops that can never
t>e profitably grown here and where
we have nothing In common.
It Is generally believed that the ef-
ito Miss Edna Ixmtt of that place. Gf him if she had to kill him.
that a committee to Investigate would have slipped a cog and there is high
'Mr. and Mrs. Hoop have taken
apartment in the Brin building.
u wh htad to kill him ” cum a cuiniinicw w - w i iittvt- ~ ^
Jh? also testified that Mrs. Wads-11>«* appointed and that it prefer charges hope that Creekmore himself may be
. . .... i___^v... „r ciintemot against Cox for his ut- I able to break into Jail ete the spring
rirniiT'lf^rihi11 mittdir hlT 'bH!n teranops "ega rd k!g the court proceed-1 ^me has passed into the sweet sum
' ” * I * I - -. j, . CM /.Ik I l\Al
Mould Have Court Settlement
. . 1 = »t Muskogee ir°ad company filed suit against the
forts of cwta n boosters 8t MUShObEt ..
rorts or eeuai /.alculated 0«D««1 El-eotrt<r company this after,
to secure a state fair Is calculated ; money paid to the lat-
te l^d impetus to private "«rUes, lt^" . for ^ pu;,rha.. of
more than the city of I^ fc Strain the General Elec-
and very little encouragement has from filing motoi-s at
been given by our people toward the , LrlL •
1." p/oiweltlon. .nCT'"Wl/ *"d “ ”n“'
! committed.
The defense failed to shake the les.
The Sapulpa and Interurban rail- timon.v of this witness in tihe cross-
mer months.
examination a-nd her testimony was
considered damaging
The defense will place about 10 wit-
nesses on the stand and the hearing
Guaranty Hearing Denied.
Washington, Feb. 22—Owing to a
misunderstanding among lawyers as
to the attitude of the supreme court
on the taking of private property as
WASHINGTON’S RIRTIIDAT WAS
OBSERVED IN SAPULPA
CENTRAL LIGHT AND FUEL UO.M.
PA NY PIPE LINE CAUSED
MUCH WORRY
the railroad
BS will be given mine —■ and Ule Klwtric company.
Wagoner, solid and permanent, has 'ompanj «J-*_____
naught to fear from the growth of ri. |
val cities and none of the rivalry or
George Washington's birthday was
observed today by the closing of all
nesses on the stanq ana me lh<. taking of private property as g ^ the dty offlc^H
of testimony will probably ^ncl“de' diecussed in the Oklahoma bank^ gua>- f offlc«, together with
although ii is doubtful if the eas° ;inty cal(e re0ently. Associate Justice
rile jury before Friday
kBl ------------The loial lodge of the Modern
jealousy will ever interfere against i Woodlnein Gf America had a very inter-
' 1---’h“ eating session last night at its regu-
will go
night.
The Jurors not on this case were ex-
cused this afternoon by Judge Stan-
I for the Itfilance of the term, as
this is the last case on the docket
and the county offices, together with
many of the stones for part of the
day.
Every office except the district
The Central Light and Fuel com-
pany experienced much trouble this
morning and many residents of the
City had to resort to burning wood
to keep warm, as the result of the
burning of two mete'' houses on the
pipe line of the company, which great-
ly lessened the supply of gas for
about three houss early today.
One meter house, about 4 miles
north of Taneha. and another one
about two miles east of Taneha. both
on the main pipe line of the Light
and Fuel company, were mysterious-
ly destroyed by fire between the hours
of 7 and 9 this morning.
The compauy soon ascertained the
cause of the trouble and men were
sent to the scene and the damage was
repaired in a few hours.
or for those nei-ihboring cities, but the
feeling in general that we need less
legislation and more attention to the
upbuilding of our country, hence op-
[losltlon to the state fair scheme as
proposed.
lar meeting. Three new members
wene initiated, and several new ap-
plications were voted upon.
Home F'rom Mlssonrl
Negro Was An Arsenal
Pleading guilty to carylng conceal-
ed weapons in the nature of a revolver
and a razor, Tom Childers, a negro,
was arrested last night in the negro
dance hall in the addition, this morn-
ing received the mercy of the court,
owing to mitigating circumstances and
was only assessed a $15 fine.
Childers became Involved In an ar-
gument with two other negroes yes-
terday afternoon, and drew a gun on
one of them. They reported the mat-
ter to the police and la«t night Officer
Purceil placed Childers under arrest
H. E. Dickson arrived this uomirg
from his home at Carrollton, Mo., for
a visit with his brothers-in-law, A. R.
rose and R. C. Klnnaird. Mr. Dick-
son was a former resident of this
city and Is still an extensive realty
holder here.
SCHOOL TEACHERS WERE ON
BIG FRISCO SFE< IAL
Holmes in denying an application for
rehearing took occasion to file an ex-
planatory opinion on the subject I cterk « jn the court house was closed
point* out that the position of the i _ . .----
court is "not that property may be
taken for a private use, but that among
Judge D. A. MrDoug&l, of
who some time ago was
referee In the couivty seat
for Delaware county, has
his decision, awarding the
the town of Jay. as opposed
According to the referee,
a majority of five votes.
Charges made principally
technical points, such ss
pr perly [lost election
failure to properly swear
voters.
The result, as first
Jay a majority of 100.
Among the intereating
made by Grove, was one to
tnat there was no such
at the time of the election,
fact that no such town can
on the ordinary map. It
platted and built up In the
teen months, and claims to
its victory by virtue of the
it is located near the
county, although it is
from any railway.
Former Oatlaws Started
Grove, Feb. 22.—The
a county seat town for this,
richest and yet least known
>>f the state, reads more like
than fact. Jay was the
the Wycklffe brothers, once
men, charged with grave
wanted by the United States
tit* for the murder of a
l nited Stutee marshal. For
they were hunted and were
fined In the famed Spavinaw
after statehood, were finally
into court and were
charges against them,
Thomas, the elder of the
was killed in a mysterious
last spring, while riding on
its of an adjoining county.
Maddened by treatment o
officials and citizens of
brothers with their friends
county seat contest and
tlcal battle more terrifle
Ihh'11 their former border
society.
The result of the election
favor of a town that was
iatence first called for de
the decision of Referee Me
the preceding history of the
triumph tn the election of
county officials whom they
indicates that Delaware cou
reckon wkth the house of Wy
no small way.
Grove has a spur of the
Arkansas, but no railroad
Oklahoma point enters the
for that reason this great
agricultural belt is not
in the financial centers of
and this office was kept open due
the district court being in session
...... , ,, Many of the business men of the
the public uses for which It might lie ^ advantage of the holiday to
taken are some, which if looked at ^ ^ c)wnnlp day
only in their Immediate aspect ac- lamation
cording to the approximate effect of: H
AMMK
m
The special train of school teachers the taking, might se* m to be pr*v*^®‘ HTCHEN STOVF. CAUSED
-w. o f>iio in thta tb^rp Is no out an<l out D.nn n?
arrived in Sapulpe at 3 o'clock
afternoon from Oklahoma City
route to the
It consists of five cars, one oar
Enid having been added to the main
section at this point Hrof. A. C.
Cohagan, superintendent of the Sa-
pulpa schools, and a number of the
grade teacher*, joined the party here.
In this case there Is no out and out
conditional tnkine at all The pay-
firf in masonic hall
Conkwrlght at Shawnee
Rev. P. J. Conkwright, pastor
the First Baptist church, went
Shawnee today to attend the corner
stone laying of the Baptist college at
that place.
via Oklahoma City, en ooromion*. ~ .
convention at Musko-ee.: ment can be avoided by going out o
from! the banking business, and is required
only from corporations created by the
state as a condition for keeping on.”
Elk* Will l’ut «n Show
The Elks lodge of Sapulpa is pre-
paring to put on a show at the Rink
4-4-4~h+-H**r-H* 4-H~H~!-H*+1 Opem House next month that prom
i 4* ; i*w to eclipse for cleverness and ori-
4* glnallty any of It* former efforts In
and 4* this line. The fli»t rehearsal will
*
4*
.j. THF WEATHER-
4* Flair, warmer tonight
4« Thursday
$4*4*4-+ + + + + + + + +
take place at the lodge room Friday
night The dates selected for the
production are March 16 and 17.
Fire In the kitchen of the Masonic
l/odge hall over the office of the Cen-
tral Light and Fuel company on East
Hobson avenue, caused a small dam-
age about one o'clock this morninr.
A banquet was given In the hall
and tt Is thought that the fire was
caused from a sitove In the kitchen.
Rapid work on the part of the fire
department saved the building from
total destruction. The damage was
estimated about $500 which was cover
ed by insurance.
l/iglil Warn Ads Get Ue«uli»
United Press.
New York, F^eb. 22.—AUm
cla, chief of the commission
of the building of battlcshl-
gentina says the influence of
ed States state department
contracts to an American bui
"I met Secretary Kno* In
ton." he said, and was intr
Secretary Meyer. 1 was inf
ftdentia! relations had been
ed between the United
gentina.
Our relations are ex
We have carte blanche to all
tion in the navy department
allowed to put our naval
your ships to study your na
oda.
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