The Drumright Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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THE DERRICK, DRUMRIGHT, OKLA.
MEXICAN CONGRESS CONFIRMS
PRESIDENT UNTIL A NEW
VOTE NEXT JULY
RETURNS OF ELECTION LACKING
Vote It Dee ded Null and Vc d.
According to Huerta's Frogram.
— Rebels Nearing tf-e
Cap tat.
Mexico City.—The Mexican con-
gress nullified the reccnt presidential
elections. New elections are called
for next July.
Congress, according to this action,
expects General Huerta to remain in
tbe presidency lor at least seven
rooEths more and if the time neces-
sary for the selection and installation
of bis successor is taken into consid-
eration it wiii be well toward the end
of September next year before he
yields bis power to another
Tbe action of the dentines was ac-
companied by no debate. The meas-
ures also provide for the election of
a new congress since tbe one elected
to take the place of that dissolved by
Huerta is to serve an unexpired term
which should terminate September 15.
The reasoa given for nullifying the
elections was tbe insufficiency of the
number of votes cast. It was stated
that the entire number of voting
places in the republic is 14,225 and
that returns were received from only
707 <Jf these.
Although there were no dissenting
rotes in the chamber on the commit-
tee's report, it was noted that the
Catholic deputies absented themselves
from tne session.
Rumor of Retirement.
There has been £ fresh rumor cur-
rent, however, that General Huerta
may retire from the presidency be-
cause of pressure from abroad and
the advance of the rebels from the
north.
The constitutionalists are within
fourteen miles of Tampico, according
to information received at the cap-
ital by representatives of the oil in-
terests in that district. A band of
American hunters located the outposts
of the rebels at Altamira. Informa- j
lion obtained by the hunters led them
to believe that an attack on the city
DR. FREDERICK A. COOK
DEDICATION OF GUTHRIE'S MUNICIPAL BATH HOUSE
iimf i w
Dr. Cook, who claims to have dis-
covered the North pole, was in Wash-
ington the other day and sa d a resolu-
tion will be introduced in congress
providing for an investigation of the
controversy. He also had his picture
taken, and ^ere it is.
CURRENCY BILL SOON TO PASS
SENATE EXPECTS EARLY FINAL
VOTE ON MEASURE
would be Inaugurated shortly and that
the rebel commander was sending
forward one of the heaviest forces yet
employed in tbe campaign in that part
of the republic.
Fighting It Continued.
Fighting between federals and reb-
els In the vicinity of Hultzilac. be-
tween the capital and Cuernavaca con-
tinues Indecisive. There are uncon-
firmed reports that Cuernavaca. cap-
ita! of Morelos state had been taken
by the rebels. The war department
gave an emphatic denial to this and
asserted that Cuernavaca was well
garrisoned. An American who made
his way through the lines from Cuer-
navaca to Mexico City is autbority for
the statement that tbe garrison con-
sists of 300 men. many of whom are
in the hospital. Official reports from
Aguas Calientes. declare that the reb-
els are close to the city but that
they have been defeated in two minor
engagements. A short distance to the
north they continue to menace Zaca-
tecas. So far as known here the reb-
els have no intention of attacking
Monterey immediately, although they I
are still In that neighborhood. The
largest federal garrison In the north
li at Monterey, where m large part of
tbe forces under General Velasco are
concentrated preparatory to an ad-
vance on Torreon.
REPORT ON MULHALL CHARGES
Committee Holds Illinois Representa-
tive Involved In Lobby Deal.
Washington—All questions relating
to the investigation of th« Mulhall
lobby charges were referred by the
house to its judiciary committee. This
action followed a long parliamentary
debate over the report of the special
investigating committee, arranging
lobbying activities at tbe capital and
holding Representative McDennott of
Illinois, a democrat, guilty of grave
impropriety, "unbecoming the dignity
of tbe position he occupies" and a
minority report submitted by Repre-
sentative MacDonaid, progressive of
Michigan, with resolutions proposing
the expulsion of Representative Mc-
D< rmott and contempt proceedings
against offi er* of the National Asso-
ciation of Manufacturers.
Representative M'lWrmott sat in
front of Uie house while Representa-
tive Mrl onaid a a* speaking but later
Scores of New Railroad Laws. Trust
and Immigration Measures
Under Consideration.
Washington.—The long struggle
over currency reform is expected to
end in the senate within a week. Ad-
ministration leaders who have been
exerting every effort to enact into law
before January 1 the second great
plank of the democratic platform are
confident that an agreement can be
reached that would permit a final
vote in the senate then.
Republican critics of the measure
probably will demand some changes
in it as a condition to giving their
consent to a definite time for a vote.
It is considered doubtful whether the
guarantee of bank dposits. to which
republicans object, can be taken out
of the measure; but a strong effort
will be made to eliminate that pro-
vision which autorizes the redemp-
tion of the proposed new treasury
notes either in gold or "lawful
money."
House Buried in Work.
The house has lost sight of the cur-
rency bill in the press of lew legisla-
tion demanding consideration Im-
portant changes in the railroad laws,
a comprehensive study of the trust
question and a reopening of the fight
over the literacy test for immigrants
are dividing attention in that body
with the new economy program that
has been launched by the economy
conference of house leaders.
Spurred by the increasing demand
for government expenditures and the
possibility of political material in
charge of congressional extravagance,
the democratic bouse leaders have
begun a determined effort to cut the
appropriation bills wherever possible.
Speaker Clark. Democratic Leader
Underwood and Chairman Fitzgerald
of the appropriations committee, spon-
sors for this movement, have called
a second conference for next Satur-
day to ttke another accounting of
the situation and ascertain what prog-
ress has been made in reducing the
proposed appropriations for the year
Drastic powers over the physical
operation of railroads would be con-
ferred upon the Interstate commerce
commission under a bill which Repre
sentative Stevens of New Hampshire
has introduced Mr. Stevens is a dem
ocratic member of the interstate com-
merce committee and a chairman of
a subcommittee on safety matters
His bill is aimed to give the commis-
sion full control over railroad prop-
erty and rules so far as tbey concert
safety to crew and passengers
The proposed literacy test will re i
open debate on the feature which led
President Taft to veto substantially i
the same bill last winter What pres ,
Ident Wilson will do If the bill passes '
both houses and reaches him. has not '
been forecasted by the advocates "of >
the legislation.
The house soon trill be In the thick
of its fight for immigration reforms
The immigration committee will re
port a bill which would impose a lit-
eracy test, bar out foreigners ineli-
gible to naturalization and not pro-
vided for by treaties, strengthen the
inhibition against aliens who advo
cate the unlawful destruction of prop
ertV and idctms# the h ail ta-v Mr
Guthrie.—Pr-sident Stratton D. Brooks of the Okla-
ioma State University was the chief speaker in Guthrie
when the $100,000 municipal bath house, the only one
•n America, was dedicated, christened, and formally
opened. It was a holiday in Guthrie, the entire citizen-
ship joining with hundreds of visitors from over the state
:o celebrate the event. A special train carried state of-
ficials and other invited guests from Oklahoma City, and
at Guthrie they were met by a band and a big delegation
5f citizens and royally entertained. Governor Cruce also
spoke during the afternoon and presided as toastmaster
in the evening.
The people of Guthrie are betting on artesian medi-
ral waters to build up the city and make It permanent on
the map. It was with purpose in view that $100,000 in
bonds for the construction of a municipal bath house
was voted. The construction of the building has covered
a period of almost a year and as a result Guthrie has
one of the handsomest and most modern structures in
the state and one of the best equipped bath houses on
earth. The waters come from artesian wells in Mineral
Wells Park, drilled by the city.
The christening of the bath house was one of the
day's most interesting features—breaking a bottle of
artesian mineral water over the building's front balcony
by Miss Lorena Cruce. daughter of Oklahoma's governor.
The water feature, by the way, was carried clear through
the day's program, even including the big banquet at
six o'clock in the evening which was served by the
women of the Baptist church. Bottles of the artesian
water were conveniently placed, so that all visitors could
drink their hearts' content during the dar
The dedication ceremonies tollowea the enristening,
after the city park commissioners. Dr. C. S. Petty, John
A. Clark and E. Cook—had accepted the building from
the contractors. President Brooks' address while ex-
tolling the water cure and the water habit, and especially
that of taking a bath, also went into municipal owner-
ship of public utilities.
A public reception at the municipal bath house fol-
lowed the ceremonies and then all visitors were taken in
automobiles, forming a long parade, to visit Mineral
Wells Park, where all the artesian wells are located.
Highland park and other scenic places about Guthrie.
The day's program closed with a six o'clock dinner, all
visitors being entertained as the city's guests. It was
served in the city hall auditorium, where the constitu-
tional convention sat in 1907. between three hundred and
four hundred participating. The big auditorium was ap-
propriately decorated.
The toast program was a fitting climax. Men of
prominence In many lines were called upon and respond-
ed. The list included Governor Lee Cruce, who presided
as toastmaster. former Governor Tom Ferguson, C. W.
K-JH:C:~/w satk HOUSS
G'JTHEIt OXLA.
Jones, general superintendent of Rock Island lines, presi-
dent S. M. Glo- d of the Oklahoma City Chamber of
Commerce. T. M. Jeffords, the new agricultural agent
of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad. Roy V.
Hoffman of Chandler, Secretary William Kennedy of the
Arkansas City Chamber of Commerce, Secretary Paul
Smith of the Oklahoma State Manufacturers' Associa-
tion. Hon. Cash M. Cade of Shawnee, General Passenger
Agent Connell of the Santa Fe lines. Secretary F. J.
Meek, of the State Retailers Association. Hon. Charles
Stewart of Enid, former commissioner of public utilities
of Des Moines. Iowa, a number of the state officials and
others prominent.
In the entire Southwest there is no city which has
gone into municipal ownership more than Guthrie. This
program began with the construction, twenty years ago.
of a municipal waterworks system, which has been a de-
cided success. This was followed later by a municipal
sewerage system, the construction of a municipal con-
vention hail, the establishment of a municipal fair-
grounds, municipally owned race track, baseball, foot-
ball and general athletic grounds, a system of eight
artesian mineral wells, and finally the municipal bath
house. Arrangements have been completed for drilling
municipal, oil and gas wells, the purpose of the latter
being that the city may itself furnish gas direct to all
consumers on a plan similar to that of the existing water-
works system.
The story of the finding and development of the
artesian mineral waters of Guthrie Is a remarkable one.
Twenty years ago the pioneer prospect hole for Oklar
homa oil or gas was put down in. Guthrie. The machin-
ery used in those days was poorly adapted to the condi-
tions found in this western country and the drillers had
all kinds of hard luck, the well being finally abandoned
at a depth of 1,700 feet.
At some depth in the well a strong flow of salt water
had been encountered, and. when the well was abadoned
people of a curious turn of mind were inclined to taste
this water from time to time, and stories were gradually
circulated that it had medical properties.
Believing firmly in the merits of this water, the citi-
zens of Guthrie two years ago by a unanimous vote pro-
vided for the issue of $100,000 in bonds to be used for
the development of the waters and the erection of a mod-
ern municipal bathhouse.
This structure, which has just been completed at a
cost of $100,000 is constructed entirely of concrete and
marble, is modern and palatial in every particular and
taken as a whole, one of the most complete, up-todate.
best equipped and finest bathhouses west of the Missis-
sippi river. There is a large salt or mineral water
plunge or pool where all of the pleasures of surf can
be enjoyed every day in the year.
THREATENS COUNTY OFFICIALS
Kate Barnard Charges Cruel Treat-
ment of an Insane Man
Arapaho.—That she will endeavor
to send to the state penitentiary
members of the Custer county board
of commissioners and the examining
board for the insane for the alleged
horsewhipping and other inhuman
treatment accorded a man named
Fancher. in the county jail awaiting
an examination, was tbe statement
made by Kate Barnard, at a meeting
of school land lessees and other
farmers of the vicinity here.
The members of both boards were
severely arraigned. Miss Barnard de-
claring that she will seek to have the
charges pressed by the attorney gen-
eral. The charges are denied in full
by members of both boards who de-
clareh they court a full investigation.
■When they attempted to deny them
to Miss Barnard following the meet
ing. she shook her fist in their faces
and declared she was not afraid of
them, also that she would press the
charges.
Members of the county board of
commissioners are Andrew Taylor,
chairman: George Day and O. E. Wat-
son. Members of the examining
board are County Judge J. C. Mc-
BANKERS MEET AT THE CAPITAL
More Publicity for Guaranty Fund
Urged By the Speaker*.
Knight. Dr. M. C. Comer and George
Darnell. Taylor, Day and Darnell
were present at the meeting
While the charges created consid-
erable talk among the farmers little
credence is given them.
School Land Lessees Protest.
Hobart.—J. B. Tosh, state president,
and C. H. Hyde, secretary of the
school land lessees association were
here and addressed more than one
hundred of the lessees of this county.
The object of the meeting was to pro-
test against the action relative to leas-
ing state lands for oil and gas pur-
poses, without first consulting the
lessees. Resolutions condemning such
practices were passed. Miss Kate Bar-
nard was in attendance.
| low as $1.30 per acre, one eighth-
tract brought $111 per acre, while
several brought between $68 and $76.
The aggregate sum of the sale will
be approximately $150,000. One por-
tion of land in Comanche county
brought $20,000 more than had been
expected. There were many bidders
and a number of oil companies hail
representatives here to purchase lands
located in oil regions.
LAND BRINGS RECORD PRICES.
Remnants in Comanche. Kiowa and
Caddo Counties Disposed of.
Oklahoma City.—E. D. Kennedy of
Okmulgee, president; A. E. Stephen-
son of Enid, vice president, and W.C .
Baker of Altus, treasurer, are the new
officers of the State Bankers' associa-
tion. elected by the executive com-
mittee of the association at a meet-
ing here.
H. H. Anderson of Gotebo; A. E.
Stephenson of Enid: C. S. Campbell
of Oklahoma City; W. H. Thompson
of Vinita: H. A. McCauley of Sapul-
pa: R. Bernstein of Valiant, and M.
Cornish of Shawnee were chosen as
members of the executive committee
of the association. The new mem-
bers represent half of the executive
committee, the other being holdovers
until the next meeting of the asso-
ciation.
More than two hundred representa-
tives of as many state banks attended
the meeting. More publicity of the
Lawton.—The sale of remnant In-
dian lands of Comanche, Kiowa and
Caddo counties was closed and record
prices were established on a number
of tracts. Judge W. F. Witten. who
has conducted many sales for the
government, stated that the last day's
sales were the largest he ever had
made. While some acreage sold as
| fr&tik guaranty fund and closer co-op-
eration between bankers for the pub-
lic good were the keynotes of the
speeches made before the meeting.
JEFFORDS GOES TO THE KATY
Claims for $65,000 Result of Disaster.
Frederick.—Claims aggregating $65,-
000 have been filed with the city
council against the city of Frederick
by the widows of two of the men
killed In (ho Frederick city well cave-
in, Oct. 28, and one of tho survivors
of that disaster. Mrs. Nancy Wag-
goner, widow of John O. Waggoner,
and Mra. Sarah L. Dean, widow of M.
A. Dean, each filed claims asking for
$25,000 for the death of her husband,
while Alva Dean, one of the survivors,
filed a claim for $15,000 damages.
Will Be Agricultural Commissioner
For Entire System.
Oklahoma City.—Official announce-
ment has been made by the M., K. &
T. railway of the appointment of T.
M. Jeffords of Oklahoma City, to the
position of agricultural commissioner
c' the entire system, the appointment
to take effect January 1.
At present Mr. Jeffords Is at the
head of the Boys' and Girls' clubs in
Oklahoma conducted under the super-
vision of the federal department of
agriculture.
He is a graduate of the department
of agriculture of the Missouri univer-
sity and since his graduation has
been almost constantly identified with
agricultural pursuits. From 1S11 un-
til -- # at
To Close Y. M. C. A. Rooms.
Frederick.—Owing to a lack of In-
terest and financial support, it has
been decided that the rooms of the
Young Men's Christian Association In
Frederick shall be closed and the
equipment sold.
sion work In (he A. & M. college at'
Stillwater, resigning the position to
accept the appointment of federal
state agent for the state of Arkansas
with headquarters at Little Rock
From Arkansas he was transferred by
the federal department of Agriculture
to Oklahoma City where he worked
with W. B. Bentley, federal state
agent for Oklahoma.
Jeffords came to Oklahoma in 190C
and was for a while connected with
| one of the banks in Norman, from
which place he went to Lawton at the
opening of the Kiowa and Comanche
country, where he bought a farm and
made his home until taking charge of
the extension work of the A. & M
I college.
While working in the federal de
partment of agriculture Mr. Jeffords
has accompanied almost every special
train operated through Oklahoma as
the special representative of the fed-
eral department of agriculture.
Mr. Jeffords will be succeeded tn
'he federal deparflnent by James A.
W ilson of Kingfisher countv. who has
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